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Survey: BH organizations closing programs, reducing staff amid pandemic
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32334
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , pandemic , covid-19 , business , survey research , survey data collection , environmental health , public relations , economic growth , political science , finance , medicine , economics , virology , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , business administration , statistics , mathematics
Behavioral health organizations have canceled, rescheduled and even turned away patients, according to results of a new survey on the economic impact of COVID‐19 — an impact felt even more among smaller organizations. The survey of 880 community behavioral health organizations (CBHOs) around the country served to clarify the impact of the virus on patients, employment safety and financial viability.