Disparities in accessing specialty behavioral health services during the Covid-19 pandemic and why we need pediatric integrated primary care

Findings from the current study highlight the effective role of integrated primary care consultation services as facilitating access to initial behavioral health services, especially given that referrals to integrated primary care co-located and SBH services within the larger health system often involve barriers to care such as longer wait-times and increased lack of referral follow through. Ongoing research and equitable program development are needed to further this work

Cohort · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Ethnic group · Family medicine · Health care · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Logistic regression · Odds · Pandemic · Public health · Specialty · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Child and Adolescent Health · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing

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