Mental health care integration and primary care patient experience in the Veterans Health Administration

Mental health specialists and care managers facilitate comprehensive care provision within medical homes. Despite implementation challenges, mental health integration is thought to improve patient-centered primary care.To examine the relationship between primary care patient experience and mental health integration.Cross-sectional surveys from 168 primary care clinicians (PCPs) (n = 226) matched with assigned patients' surveys (n = 1734) in one...