@article{ref1,
title="Trends in telepsychiatry and in-person psychiatric care for depression in an academic health system, 2017-2022",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2023",
author="Ettman, Catherine K. and Brantner, Carly L. and Albert, Michael and Goes, Fernando S. and Mojtabai, Ramin and Spivak, Stanislav and Stuart, Elizabeth A. and Zandi, Peter P.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to assess differences in appointment completion rates between telepsychiatry and in-person outpatient psychiatric care for patients with depression in an academic health system. <br><br>METHODS: Electronic health records of encounters for patients (ages ≥10) with a depression diagnosis and at least one scheduled outpatient psychiatric appointment (N=586,266 appointments; November 2017-October 2022) were assessed for appointment volume and completion of telepsychiatry versus in-person sessions. <br><br>RESULTS: Telepsychiatry became the dominant care modality after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, although the number of telepsychiatry and in-person appointments nearly converged by October 2022. Logistic regression showed that telepsychiatry appointments (July 2020-October 2022) were more likely (OR=1.30, 95% CI=1.27-1.34) to be completed than in-person appointments. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Telepsychiatry appointments were less likely to be canceled or missed than in-person appointments, suggesting that telepsychiatry improved efficiency and continuity of care. As in-person operations resume following the pandemic, maintaining telepsychiatry services may optimize hospital-level and patient outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.20230064",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230064"
}