Characteristics of patients seen by visiting psychiatrists through Medicare in a rural community mental health service with an established telemedicine service

Objective: We aimed to determine characteristics of patients receiving Medicare-funded face-to-face consultations by psychiatrists in a rural service with an established telemedicine service. Methods: For this study, 55 case-managed patients from four rural community mental health teams in South Aus...

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Published in:Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2017-06, Vol.25 (3), p.266-269
Main Authors: Bidargaddi, Niranjan, Schrader, Geoffrey, Smith, David, Carson, Dean, Strobel, Jörg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Community Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - therapy
Mentally Ill Persons - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
National Health Programs - statistics & numerical data
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) - statistics & numerical data
Psychiatry - statistics & numerical data
Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
South Australia
Telemedicine - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Objective: We aimed to determine characteristics of patients receiving Medicare-funded face-to-face consultations by psychiatrists in a rural service with an established telemedicine service. Methods: For this study, 55 case-managed patients from four rural community mental health teams in South Australia provided information through questionnaires regarding psychological symptoms, quality of life, body mass index (BMI) and gave access to their Medicare data. Results: In a logistic regression, it was found that being younger was more likely associated with a Medicare psychiatric consultation (p
ISSN:1039-8562
1440-1665
DOI:10.1177/1039856216689527