Assessment of Mental Health Services in Utah

Recent Health Surveys Findings

• 2006 Utah Health Status Survey– State average 3.1 days out of past month

when mental health was poor• Unemployed 7.0 days• < 100% Poverty level 6.4 days• < HS degree 5.5 days• Income under $20K 5.4 days• Uninsured 5.1 days• Females, Age 35-49 4.7 days• Tricounty Area 3.9 days

Suicide Deaths Utah vs. US

UDOH IBIS System - http://ibis.health.utah.gov/indicator/view/SuicDth.Ut_US.html

Suicide Deaths by LHD 2001-5

UDOH IBIS System - http://ibis.health.utah.gov/indicator/view/SuicDth.LHD.html

Provider Shortage

Initial MH query

Safety Net MH Data

• Overall, about 2.5% of total SN provider visits

• Analysis of 2,250 visits from Jan-Jun, 2006

• Extracted from CHC data, which allowed for distribution of CPT Codes recorded

• 66% of visits provided to females – same as full set

Safety Net MH Data

• 63% of visit provided to people of Caucasian ethnicity; 32% to people of Hispanic/Latino background – opposite of full set

• 36% of visits provided to people age 35-49 - similar

• 64% of visits provided to people at 100% of Poverty Level or below -same

• 87% of visits provided to self-pay patients – compared to 71% in full set

Safety Net MH Data

• 52% of visits for episodic mood disorders– Includes depressive disorders and bipolar

disorders

• 17% of visits for anxiety, dissociative, or somataform disorders – Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia, Panic Attack,

OCD, Neurotic Depression

• 5.3% of visits for Adjustment Reactions– PTSD, Brief Depressive Reactions

Solution Seeking

• Mental Health Integration Project

• Other Success??

• Where to go from here?