Differences in Behavioral Health Treatment among Rural American Clinics Utilizing In-Person and Telehealth Treatment Modalities

• Published in: Journal of technology in behavioral science Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 364 - 372
• Main Authors: Law, Kari-Beth, McCord, Carly, Ward, Marcia M., Ullrich, Fred, Marcin, James P., Carter, Knute D., Nelson, Eve-Lynn, Merchant, Kimberly A. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Confidentiality; Data collection; Demographics; Drug use; Ethnicity; Grants; Health services; Hispanic Americans; Human subjects; Mental disorders; Mental health; Pandemics; Patients; Psychiatry; Psychology; Race; Research design; Rural areas; Social Work and Community Development; Substance abuse treatment; Telemedicine; Variables; Rural; COVID-19; Telemental health; Behavioral health; Telehealth

The purpose of this descriptive analysis is to compare patient and encounter characteristics in rural patients who received telehealth versus in-person behavioral health treatment. This study, including over 11,000 rural patients and nearly 35,000 patient encounters, used a non-randomized prospectiv...