Horgan C M
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1985 Jun;42(6):565-72. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1985.01790290047005.
A substantial amount of ambulatory mental health services are received outside of the specialty mental health sector; however, precise estimates are lacking. To determine national estimates of utilization and expenditures for total ambulatory mental health services, as well as separate estimates for the specialty mental health and general medical sectors, patterns of use were examined by standard demographic characteristics. Almost 5% of the US population in 1977 had at least one ambulatory visit in conjunction with a mental problem. Three fifths of users received their care in the general medical sector; however, two thirds of all mental health visits occurred in the specialty mental health sector. This study indicates that there are significant differences between the two sectors with respect to utilization and expenditure patterns.
相当数量的门诊心理健康服务是在专科心理健康部门之外获得的；然而，缺乏精确的估计。为了确定全国门诊心理健康服务的使用情况和支出估计数，以及专科心理健康和普通医疗部门的单独估计数，通过标准人口特征对使用模式进行了研究。1977年，近5%的美国人口因心理问题至少进行了一次门诊就诊。五分之三的使用者在普通医疗部门接受治疗；然而，所有心理健康就诊中有三分之二发生在专科心理健康部门。这项研究表明，两个部门在使用和支出模式方面存在显著差异。
