Published on in Vol 10 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/47047, first published .
Telehealth and In-Person Behavioral Health Services in Rural Communities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multisite Prospective Cohort Study

Telehealth and In-Person Behavioral Health Services in Rural Communities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multisite Prospective Cohort Study

Telehealth and In-Person Behavioral Health Services in Rural Communities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multisite Prospective Cohort Study

Marcia M Ward   1 , PhD ;   Fred Ullrich   1 , BA ;   Divya Bhagianadh   2 , PhD ;   Eve-Lynn Nelson   3 , PhD ;   James P Marcin   4 , MD ;   Knute D Carter   5 , PhD ;   Kari Beth Law   6 , MD ;   Carly McCord   7 , PhD ;   Jonathan Neufeld   8 , PhD ;   Kimberly A S Merchant   1 , MA

1 Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

2 School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

3 Department of Pediatrics, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States

4 Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, United States

5 Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

6 Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States

7 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States

8 Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Marcia M Ward, PhD
  • Department of Health Management and Policy
  • University of Iowa
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  • Iowa City, IA, 52242
  • United States
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  • Email: marcia-m-ward@uiowa.edu