Nearly Half Of U.S. Adults Receiving Mental Health Outpatient Care Used Telehealth From 2021 To 2022

A recent analysis of 4,720 participants revealed nearly half of U.S. adults receiving mental health outpatient care in 2021 through 2022 received one or more telemental health visits, and one-fourth received only telemental health visits.

Data from the 2021 through 2022 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), nationally representative surveys of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, was used for the analysis. The analysis included 4,720 survey participants aged 18 years and older who made outpatient mental health visits from the 2021 and 2022 surveys. The goal was to examine the nationwide distribution of patient sociodemographic and . . .