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Patient and provider predictors of telemental health use prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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- Determinants of Patient Use of Telemental Health Services: Representative Cross-Sectional Survey From Germany.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
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- Impact and Recovery of VHA Epilepsy Care Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2024Article
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- Discipline-level differences in mental health provider perceptions of video and phone telehealth.Psychological services · 2024Article
- Rural Veterans with HIV and Alcohol Use Disorder receive less video telehealth than urban Veterans.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2024Article
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The current study examined patient and provider differences in use of phone, video, and in-person mental health (MH) services. Participants included patients who completed ≥ 1 MH appointment within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from 10/1/17-7/10/20 and providers who completed ≥ 100 VA MH appointments from 10/1/17-7/10/20. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) are reported of patients and providers: (a) completing ≥1 video MH appointment in the pre-COVID (10/1/17-3/10/20) and COVID (3/11/20-7/10/20) periods; and (b) completing the majority of MH visits via phone, video, or in-person during COVID. The sample included 2,480,119 patients/31,971 providers in the pre-COVID period, and 1,054,670 patients/23,712 providers in the COVID period. During the pre-COVID and COVID periods, older patients had lower odds of completing ≥ 1 video visit (a
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