News Report | November 17, 2019
Number Of U.S. Mental Health Facilities Offering Telepsychiatry Doubled Since 2010
Nearly twice as many U.S. mental health facilities offered telepsychiatry in 2017 compared to 2010. The share of facilities offering telepsychiatry rose from 15.2% in 2010 to 29.2% in 2017. In 2010, 1,580 facilities said they offered telepsychiatry out of the 9,002 facilities that provided data on telepsychiatry use. In 2017, 3,385 facilities said they offered telepsychiatry services out of the 11,576 facilities that provided data on telepsychiatry use.
Mental Health Facilities Offering Telepsychiatry, By Setting, 2017
Treatment Setting
Offered Telepsychiatry
Percentage
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