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Comparing Two Ways of Combining Behavioral Health Care and Primary Care for Adults

  • Funded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $499,278

  • Funder

    Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

  • Principal Investigator

    MD. Benjamin Littenberg

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Vermont and State Agricultural College

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Infection prevention and control

  • Research Subcategory

    N/A

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The enhancement to this project will assess whether integrated behavioral health mitigates the impact of COVID-19 on patients and whether the value of integrated behavioral health reduces or increases during the pandemic. It will also assess the interactions between the degree of integration of practices and the pandemic on patient outcomes. This is an observational extension to the original study and adds a survey for patients in the IBHPC trial. Surveys will be sent to patients and practices four months after the two-year follow-up date to assess changes associated with the pandemic. The survey has policy implications for insurers, regulators, health system managers, and other policy makers who must decide how to deploy limited healthcare resources in a postpandemic world.