ArticleHealth affairs scholar2025
County characteristics associated with behavioral health emergency medical services calls.
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- A Patient-Centered Outcomes Framework for Evaluating Behavioral Health Crisis Care.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
A substantial portion of the 20 million calls that emergency medical services (EMS) personnel respond to each year are considered preventable, including more than 1.5 million behavioral health calls. Despite goals of preventing behavioral health crises and reducing the burden on patients and EMS personnel, little is known about how demographic and community characteristics influence behavioral health calls. Using nationwide 2021 EMS call data, we identified counties with high behavioral health calls and examined their demographic and community characteristics. Low-income and racially diverse counties had a higher incidence of behavioral health EMS calls, while politically conservative counties had a lower incidence of behavioral health EMS calls. To better meet the emergency behavioral health needs of communities, policy and decision-makers should consider strategies that increase access to and awareness of alternative behavioral health crisis services (eg, 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline).
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