Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline
Newton H, Beetham T, Busch SH. Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2224803. PMID: 35838666, PMCID: PMC9287760, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health treatment facilitiesCrisis Intervention TeamsCounty-level accessCross-sectional studyIntervention teamMedicaid policiesAssociation of accessUS residentsUS countiesMental health issuesRisk of incarcerationUnadjusted analysesNational DirectoryState Medicaid policiesBehavioral health crisesMAIN OUTCOMEPsychiatric hospitalSociodemographic characteristicsShort-term stayHealth issuesTop quartileDemographic characteristicsMedicaidRural countiesResidents of counties