[Provision of outpatient specialist care for mental disorders : Minor regional differences in treatment needs, major regional differences in availability].

DISCUSSION: The regional inequality of physician and psychotherapist density cannot be explained by regional differences in treatment needs. The results indicate potential improvements in healthcare provision for mental disorders in Germany through the adaptation to actual morbidity rates; however, the definition of treatment needs in mental disorders requires further evaluation.
PMID: 27357454 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Nervenarzt - June 28, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Jacobi F, Becker M, Bretschneider J, Müllender S, Thom J, Hapke U, Maier W Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research