In 2008, research was conducted on the perceived barriers to care between a targeted at-risk population and health care providers who served them in a geographical area. The study found that perception has a major impact on policy and implementation of health care practices. We will give an overview of how the study can be applied to a behavioral health organizations and their at-risk populations and how to overcome the impact in access to care caused by the pandemic.
Learning Objectives:
Overview of the current research on barriers to access to care.
Demonstrate an overview of the study and how organizations can take this study an apply it to their own at risk populations
How the pandemic has impacted access to care and how behavioral health organizations can overcome it.