Sentences with phrase «on health service utilization»

Impact of screening for mental health concerns on health service utilization and functional status in primary care patients

Although many health impacts of child maltreatment have been documented, no claims - based study has quantified the impact of maltreatment on health service utilization and costs.

Not exact matches

«While dozens of clinical trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of collaborative care for treating depression in primary care, comparatively few have addressed anxiety, despite their similar prevalence and adverse impact on health - related quality of life and excess utilization of health services,» said Bruce L. Rollman, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine and director of Pitt's Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technhealth - related quality of life and excess utilization of health services,» said Bruce L. Rollman, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine and director of Pitt's Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technhealth services,» said Bruce L. Rollman, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine and director of Pitt's Center for Behavioral Health and Smart TechnHealth and Smart Technology.

Using available databases reflecting the utilization of health services in California, Florida and Nebraska — all three of which give access to deidentified information on individual patients — the research team identified 2,261 obese patients with asthma who underwent bariatric surgery from 2007 to 2009 and for whom information covering the two years before and after their surgery was available.

Burgess D, Lee R, Tran A, van Ryn M. Effects of Perceived Discrimination on Mental Health and Mental Health Services Utilization Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Persons.

This section of Blueprint for Change — Research on Child and Adolescent Mental Health examines issues including cost and service utilization, areas of scientific research including basic neuroscience, behavioral science, prevention, psychosocial interventions, and psychopharmacology.

On social - emotional measures, foster children in the NSCAW study tended to have more compromised functioning than would be expected from a high - risk sample.43 Moreover, as indicated in the previous section, research suggests that foster children are more likely than nonfoster care children to have insecure or disordered attachments, and the adverse long - term outcomes associated with such attachments.44 Many studies of foster children postulate that a majority have mental health difficulties.45 They have higher rates of depression, poorer social skills, lower adaptive functioning, and more externalizing behavioral problems, such as aggression and impulsivity.46 Additionally, research has documented high levels of mental health service utilization among foster children47 due to both greater mental health needs and greater access to services.

National Survey of Early Care and Education Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Describes a project gathering national data on utilization and availability of early care and education (including school - age care) and examining the extent to which families needs and preferences coordinate with providers offerings and constraints.

Findings highlight the need for research on health disparities to examine racially specific influences on service utilization.

Structural equation modeling was used to examine the effects of cultural factors (ethnic identity, perceived discrimination), family relations, and child problem type on mental health service utilization in a community sample of 1,480 adolescent girls (860 African American, 620 European American) between ages 15 and 17 years enrolled in the Pittsburgh Girls Study.