By 2030, it is estimated that nearly 14 million Americans over the age of 55 will have a mental health or substance use disorder – an increase of 57 percent from 2012.1 This growing number has pushed behavioral health to the forefront of hospital strategic priorities.
View this infographic to discover three ways strategic joint-venture or contract management partnership can help streamline your hospital’s behavioral health offering to meet the needs of the aging patient population now and in the future.
References:
- Bor, J. S. (2015, May 1). Among the elderly, many mental illnesses go undiagnosed: Health Affairs Journal. Health Affairs. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0314
