Table 1.
Facility- and state-level characteristics of specialty outpatient mental health treatment facilities (N-MHSS; 2015–2020)
| Variables | Total N = 28,989 |
Provided telehealth n = 9807 (33.83%) |
Did not provide telehealth n = 19,182 (66.17%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Row % | Row % | |
| Facility-level characteristics | |||
| Year | |||
| 2015 | 5018 (17.31) | 18.59 | 81.41 |
| 2016 | 4747 (16.38) | 21.47 | 78.53 |
| 2017 | 4563 (15.74) | 24.26 | 75.74 |
| 2018 | 4610 (15.90) | 28.44 | 71.56 |
| 2019 | 5162 (17.81) | 34.62 | 65.38 |
| 2020 | 4889 (16.87) | 74.66 | 25.34 |
| Facility owner | |||
| Private for-profit | 6132 (21.15) | 35.26 | 64.74 |
| Private non-profit | 18,203 (62.79) | 30.75 | 69.25 |
| Public agency | 4654 (16.05) | 43.98 | 56.02 |
| Licensed by state department of health | |||
| Yes | 12,760 (44.02) | 37.39 | 62.61 |
| No | 16,229 (55.98) | 31.03 | 68.97 |
| Accredited by CARF | |||
| Yes | 6155 (21.23) | 43.10 | 56.90 |
| No | 22,834 (78.77) | 31.33 | 68.67 |
| Offered integrated primary care | |||
| Yes | 5234 (18.06) | 45.32 | 54.68 |
| No | 23,755 (81.94) | 31.30 | 68.70 |
| State-level characteristic | |||
| Rurality1 | |||
| < 10% | 5672 (19.57) | 30.10 | 69.90 |
| 10 to < 20% | 9138 (31.52) | 31.40 | 68.60 |
| 20 to < 30% | 7139 (24.63) | 35.45 | 64.55 |
| 30% | 7040 (24.29) | 38.35 | 61.65 |
1Percentage of state residents living in rural areas was derived from the US Census Bureau’s 2020 American Community Survey, defined as anyone not residing in an urbanized area of 50,000 people or more, or an urban cluster of at least 2,500 and less than 50,000