Compared With White Patients, Black And Native American/Alaska Native Patients May Be Less Likely To Attend Follow-Up Outpatient Mental Health Visits 30 Days After Discharge From Hospital Psychiatric Units, Data Indicate

Psychiatric News (1/19) reports, “Black and Native American/Alaska Native patients are less likely to attend follow-up outpatient mental health visits 30 days after discharge from hospital psychiatric units compared with white patients,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data from 2012-2013 New York state Medicaid claims.” The findings were published online Jan. 18 in the journal Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “Black, Native American/Alaska Native Patients Less Likely to Receive Follow-Up MH Care, Psychiatric News, January 19, 2023