Elimination of Behavioral Health Wait Times: Impact on “Avoidable” Medical Visits, Productivity, and Revenues
Reallocating resources to new patients and those needing acute care resulted in increased behavioral health evaluations and productivity and reduced nonbehavioral health services without adding staff.
Authors
- Andrea LaPlante
- Daniel Maeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1867-6629)
- Dustin Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1339-9677)
- Jules Rosen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1672-0707)
- Michelle Hoy
- Lucy Cordts
Institutions
- University of Rochester Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240287
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00