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- Title
Introducing Shared Mental Health Care in Northwestern Ontario: An Analysis of Changing Referral Patterns of Primary Care Providers.
- Authors
Gaylord, Graham; Bailey, S. Kathleen; Haggarty, John M.
- Abstract
This study describes a shared mental health care (SMHC) model introduced in Northern Ontario and examines how its introduction affected primary care provider (PCP) mental health referral patterns. A chart review examined referrals (N = 4,600) from 5 PCP sites to 5 outpatient community mental health services from January 2001 to December 2005. PCPs with access to SMHC made significantly more mental health referrals (p < 0.001). Two demographically similar PCPs were then compared, one co-located with SMHC. Referrals for depression to non-SMHC mental health services were 1.69 times more likely to be from the PCP not co-located with SMHC (p < 0.001). Findings suggest SMHC increases access to care and decreases demand on existing mental health services.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; ANXIETY; CHI-squared test; MENTAL depression; HEALTH services accessibility; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MEDICAL records; MEDICAL referrals; MENTAL health services; PRIMARY health care; RESEARCH; LOGISTIC regression analysis; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 2015, Vol 34, Issue 2, p63
- ISSN
0713-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7870/cjcmh-2015-020