Table 3.
Type of provider for Veterans behavioral health outpatient visits by VA and community care, fiscal years 2016–2019
| VA visits | Community care visits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Psychiatry and behavioral neurology | 11,769,045 | 22.06 | 172,661 | 10.18 |
| Psychology | 13,574,507 | 25.45 | 306,056 | 18.04 |
| Behavioral health advanced practice providers | 2,818,914 | 5.28 | 45,048 | 2.65 |
| Behavioral health counseling and therapy | 3,799,639 | 7.12 | 681,181 | 40.14 |
| Behavioral health social worker | 19,154,090 | 35.9 | 246,609 | 14.53 |
| Psychiatric pharmacist | 176,647 | 0.33 | 8,217 | 0.48 |
| Other | 2,053,889 | 3.85 | 237,104 | 3.97 |
Note: standardized mean difference = 1.06