Access to Behavioral Health Care for Geographically Remote Service Members and Dependents in the U.S., ,

Author

Adamson, David M. ; Breslau, Joshua ; Farris, Coreen ; Rana, Yashodhara ; Ruder, Teague ; Pincus, Harold Alan ; Osilla, Karen Chan ; Barnes-Proby, Dionne ; Miyashiro, Lisa ; Marshall, Grant N. ; Voorhies, Phoenix ; Pfrommer, Katherine ; Brown, Ryan Andrew

Year

2014

Publisher

RAND Corporation

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-83308-729-4

Link

Last Update

11-Apr-2026

Keywords

Management & Organizational Behavior ; Health Sciences ; Psychology

Description

It is well established for civilian populations that persons farther away from medical care are less likely than others to seek or use health care services, including behavioral health care services (White, 1986; Beardsley et al., 2003)—that is, treatment for mental, behavioral, or addictive disorders. The same is true of veterans (Fortney et al., 1998; Schmitt, Phibbs, and Piette, 2003; McCarthy et al., 2007; Pfeiffer et al., 2011). For example, sharp reductions in care-seeking are evident at a distance of five miles or more from providers (U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2011). The response of the Department of Veterans Affairs...