Figures & data
Figure 1. Patient selection and attrition. *All patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia identified in the claims data (n = 77) were included in this selection. The remaining sample was selected from patients with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder (n = 120) or major depression (n = 103). Abbreviations: BH = behavioral health.
Table 1. Patient demographic and clinical characteristics from claims data.
Table 2. Characteristics of abstracted office visits occurring after the first post-index visit.
Figure 2. Number among all visits with medication compliance discussions, using specific or nonspecific terms, by the presence of first-visit compliance discussiona. aCompliance discussion = observation of general or specific words in the medical chart that indicate that discussion of medication-taking behavior was observed
Figure 3. Proportion among all visits with non-medication treatment compliance, using specific or nonspecific terms, by the presence of first-visit medication compliance discussiona. aCompliance discussion = observation of general or specific words in the medical chart that indicate that discussion of medication-taking behavior was observed
Table 3. Behavioral health-related healthcare resource utilization.
Table 4. Behavioral health-related healthcare costs.
Table 5. Cox proportional hazards analysis of time to first behavioral health-related inpatient admission or emergency room visit.
Table A1. Diagnosis codes used to identify schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and major depressive disorder.
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