2025
Private Equity Among US Psychiatric Hospitals
Shields M, Yang Y, Busch S. Private Equity Among US Psychiatric Hospitals. JAMA Psychiatry 2025, 82: 701-708. PMID: 40397464, PMCID: PMC12096323, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.0689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric hospitalHospital staffingMeasures of case mixHealth care qualityNational quality measuresCross-sectional associationsInpatient psychiatric hospitalizationFreestanding psychiatric hospitalCross-sectional studyAverage length of stayRegistered NursesCare qualityStaffing ratiosHealth careLength of stayMain OutcomesPE ownershipPatient vulnerabilityCase-mixPatient daysAdjusted modelsLow staffPrivate equityStaffingHospitalIs access to crisis teams associated with changes in behavioral health mortality?
Newton H, Beetham T, Busch S. Is access to crisis teams associated with changes in behavioral health mortality? Health Affairs Scholar 2025, 3: qxaf003. PMID: 39877431, PMCID: PMC11772998, DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxaf003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDrug overdose death ratesOverdose death ratesCrisis teamsTraining behavioral health professionalsProgram entryReduce psychiatric hospitalizationsTeam ProgramBehavioral health professionalsProgram closureDeath rateDrug overdoseInjury mortalityPsychiatric hospitalHealth professionalsStabilize clientsDrug overdose deathsUS adultsTreatment gapSuicideLeading causeOverdose deathsTeamAssociated with significant changesMortalityUnited States
2022
Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline
Newton H, Beetham T, Busch SH. Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2224803. PMID: 35838666, PMCID: PMC9287760, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health treatment facilitiesCrisis Intervention TeamsCounty-level accessCross-sectional studyIntervention teamMedicaid policiesAssociation of accessUS residentsUS countiesMental health issuesRisk of incarcerationUnadjusted analysesNational DirectoryState Medicaid policiesBehavioral health crisesMAIN OUTCOMEPsychiatric hospitalSociodemographic characteristicsShort-term stayHealth issuesTop quartileDemographic characteristicsMedicaidRural countiesResidents of counties
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