Table 1 Site characteristics by implementation phase
Site | Community Type | Hospital Type | Annual ED Census (total ED patient presentations) | Annual Pediatric MH Visits | MH Services | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-Implementation | Post-Implementation | |||||
1 | Rural | General | 23,756 (2016–2017) | 23,150 (2018–2019) | < 1% | Crisis intervention worker; two CMHAs |
2 | Urban | Specialized (pediatric) with a psychiatric inpatient program | 75,961 (2017–2018) | 73,645 (2019–2020) | 4.5% | Crisis intervention workers; in-house psychiatry; psychiatric inpatient program; several local CMHAs |
3 | Urban and rural | General | 36,153 (2018–2019) | 24,280 (2020–2021) | < 1% | Crisis intervention workers; lead CMHA |
4 | Urban | General | 51,566 (2018–2019) | 43,059 (2020–2021) | < 1% | Crisis intervention workers; lead CMHA located in the hospital |