Open AccessThe impact of behavioral health consultations on medical encounter duration in pediatric primary care: A retrospective match-controlled study.
Author(s) -
Andrew R. Riley,
Jennifer Paternostro,
Bethany L. Walker,
David V. Wagner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
families systems and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.491
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1939-0602
pISSN - 1091-7527
DOI - 10.1037/fsh0000406
Subject(s) - duration (music) , psycinfo , psychosocial , medical record , retrospective cohort study , medicine , health care , family medicine , primary care , electronic medical record , medline , psychiatry , literature , political science , law , economics , radiology , economic growth , art
The disproportionate time required to effectively manage psychosocial concerns is a key barrier to advancing delivery of behavioral care by primary care providers. Improved time efficiency is one potential benefit of the integration of behavioral health consultants (BHCs) into pediatric care, but few studies have systematically studied this outcome. We examined the impact of embedded BHCs on duration of medical encounters in a pediatric primary care clinic.