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Table 4 Workforce Capacity Questions

From: Assessing public behavioral health services data: a mixed method analysis

 

Number

Percent

Wait List at facility

 Yes

29

42.6

 No

39

57.4

Wait Time (n = 29)

 Less than 2 weeks

10

34.5

 2–4 weeks

15

51.7

 5–8 weeks

2

6.9

 More than 8 weeks

1

3.4

 Unanswered

1

3.4

Total number of prescribing professionals at facilitya

 0

9

14.3

 1 or more

31

49.2

 No Response

23

36.5

Total number of non-prescribing professionals at facilityb

 0

1

1.6

 1 or more

57

90.5

 No Response

5

7.9

Reported average hours per week of licensed professionals in direct patient care

 No hours in patient care

1

1.2

 1–8 h per week

1

1.2

 9–16 h per week

10

11.6

 17–24 h per week

6

7.0

 25–32 h per week

26

30.2

 33 or more hours per week

13

15.1

 Missing

12

14.0

  1. aIncludes psychiatrists, psychologists, physician assistants and psychiatric advanced practice registered nurses
  2. bIncludes registered nurses, addiction counselors, clinical addiction counselors, social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors
  3. Table 4 provides a summary of the additional questions asked in the study survey. The first column outlines variables and associated categories. The second column provides the counts of responses in each category, and the third column provides the distribution of responses. A footnote is included which defines what is considered a prescribing provider and non-prescribing provider in this study