Assessing public behavioral health services data: a mixed method analysis

Table 4 Workforce Capacity Questions

	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 facility^a
0	9	14.3
1 or more	31	49.2
No Response	23	36.5
Total number of non-prescribing professionals at facility^b
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

^aIncludes psychiatrists, psychologists, physician assistants and psychiatric advanced practice registered nurses
^bIncludes registered nurses, addiction counselors, clinical addiction counselors, social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors
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

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