Publications
The Center exists in part to create original evidence and information that support and advance conversations around professionalism, value, and other health care issues.
READ about scientific publications, briefs, and reports emerging from the Center and its collaborators below.
Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
- Tracey L. Henry
- Anuradha Jetty
- Stephen Petterson
- Helaina Jaffree
- Allie Ramsay
- Erica Heiman
- Andrew Bazemore
Submitted on: October, 2020
Major depressive disorders are a major cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost in the U.S. Additionally, depression will be 1 of the 3 leading causes of disability in the developed world by 2030. In 2017, the U.S. spent $183 billion on mental and substance use disorders, a figure likely to rise with continued population growth and aging. However, the greatest costs often cannot be directly measured, and include lost productivity/economic output, decreased quality of life, increased need for social support services, increased housing instability, and increased burden on caregivers. The World Economic Forum study has estimated global cost in lost economic output could reach $16 trillion in the next 20 years. Despite this, treatment rates remain low, with large disparities in treatment access and utilization especially in racial/ethnic minorities.
WATCH: Capitol Hill briefing on Primary Care Research Friday, September 25
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Submitted on: September, 2020
The briefing was jointly sponsored by CAFM, ABFM, SGIM, and the Primary Care Collaborative.
ONC Awards Cooperative Agreement to American Board of Family Medicine
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Submitted on: September, 2020
ABFM, in partnership with CLIIR at UCSF, has been awarded a 3-year cooperative agreement by the HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to track physicians use and burdens of Health IT.
