Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2020 May;47(3):435-442. doi: 10.1007/s10488-019-01002-4.
Integration of behavioral health care into primary care can improve health and economic outcomes. This study adapted the Behavioral Health Integration in Medical Care (BHIMC) index to the Colombian context and assessed the baseline level of behavioral health integration in a sample of primary care organizations. The BHIMC was able to detect the capacity to provide integrated behavioral care in Colombian settings. Results indicate a minimal to partial integration level across all sites, and that it is possible to measure the degree of integrated care capacity and identify improvement areas for better behavioral health care provision.
将行为健康护理融入初级保健可以改善健康和经济结果。本研究将医疗保健中的行为健康整合(BHIMC)指数适用于哥伦比亚背景,并评估了一组初级保健组织中行为健康整合的基线水平。BHIMC 能够检测出在哥伦比亚环境中提供综合行为护理的能力。结果表明,所有地点的整合水平都处于最低到部分水平,并且可以衡量综合护理能力的程度,并确定改善行为保健提供的领域。