Care Coordination in Emergency Departments for Children and Adolescents With Behavioral Health Conditions: Assessing the Degree of Regular Follow-up After Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits

Conclusions It is of concern that fewer than half of patients received care coordination following an ED visit. Factors such as behavioral health workforce shortages, wait times for an appointment with a provider, and lack of reimbursement for care coordination may help explain these results.
Source: Pediatric Emergency Care - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research