By the Numbers: 24 April 2023
35%
The percentage of "TRICARE beneficiaries (who) lived in communities with a shortage of both military and civilian psychiatrists" (i.e., within a 30-minute drive), according to an article published earlier this year in JAMA Network Open -- Spatial Analysis of Access to Psychiatrists for US Military Personnel and Their Families.
In this cohort study of 39 487 zip code communities between 2016 and 2020, 35% of TRICARE beneficiaries lived in communities with a shortage of both military and civilian psychiatrists and 6% of beneficiaries had no psychiatrists available within a 30-minute driving time. Beneficiaries in low-income communities with high income inequality and rural communities had the highest likelihood of experiencing a shortage of psychiatrists.
35%
The percentage of "TRICARE beneficiaries (who) lived in communities with a shortage of both military and civilian psychiatrists" (i.e., within a 30-minute drive), according to an article published earlier this year in JAMA Network Open -- Spatial Analysis of Access to Psychiatrists for US Military Personnel and Their Families.
In this cohort study of 39 487 zip code communities between 2016 and 2020, 35% of TRICARE beneficiaries lived in communities with a shortage of both military and civilian psychiatrists and 6% of beneficiaries had no psychiatrists available within a 30-minute driving time. Beneficiaries in low-income communities with high income inequality and rural communities had the highest likelihood of experiencing a shortage of psychiatrists.