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Mental Health regions for Epidemiological evaluation

What is it about?

We created empirical mental health service areas using Veteran's VA health care patterns. Using these service areas we calculate and compare service use for both outpatient and inpatient mental health services and note large regional variations. These variations deserve further study to determine whether more intensive care results in better outcomes.

Why is it important?

Variation in the quantity and quality of health care varies regionally. Creating empirically derived regions allows for the evaluation of variation to both improve quality and efficiency as well as simply showing providers how they compare to their peers.

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Daniel Gottlieb
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