Open AccessPsychiatrist Participation in Private Health Insurance Markets: Paucity in the Land of Plenty
Author(s) -
Nicole M. Benson,
Catherine Myong,
Joseph P. Newhouse,
Vicki Fung,
John Hsu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychiatric services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.517
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1557-9700
pISSN - 1075-2730
DOI - 10.1176/appi.ps.202000022
Subject(s) - medicine , graduation (instrument) , medicaid , reimbursement , odds ratio , family medicine , odds , specialty , mental health , private insurance , confidence interval , psychiatry , health care , actuarial science , business , logistic regression , law , political science , geometry , mathematics , pathology
Access to specialty mental health care may be poor because many psychiatrists do not accept health insurance reimbursement, whereas many patients rely on insurance to help pay for care. The objective of this study was to examine the extent of participation in private insurance by licensed psychiatrists.