Sociodemographic Correlates of Affordable Community Behavioral Health Treatment Facility Availability in Florida: A Cross-Sectional Study

This study assessed neighborhood-level sociodemographic attributes to characterize the availability of behavioral health treatment facilities in Florida. The American Community Survey and SAMHSA ’s Behavioral Health Treatment Locator were used to identify behavioral health treatment facilities in Florida and calculate their density by census tract. Spatial lag regression models were used to assess census tract-level correlates of facility density for 390 MD treatment facilities, 518 SUD f acilities, and subsets of affordable MD and SUD facilities. Behavioral health treatment facility density was negatively associated with rurality and positively associated with the proportion of non-Latino Black, Latino, insured, and college-educated populations. Stark rural–urban disparities in be havioral health treatment availability present opportunities to prioritize telehealth and mobile interventions and improve treatment utilization.
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research