Jeffrey Harman, PhD

Phone: 850.644.3457
Email: jeffrey.harman@med.fsu.edu

Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine
Florida State University
College of Medicine
1115 West Call Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300

Completed Projects - (1)

Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Rural vs. Urban Settings
This study will use nationally representative data to assess how mental health (MH) services are paid for in rural areas and determine differences in payment sources between rural and urban areas. If payment sources significantly vary in rural vs. urban settings, then policies that are aimed specifically at sources of funding may have a differential impact on subsequent access to and utilization of care and point to the need for policies that are specifically targeted to rural communities.
Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Topics: Healthcare financing, Mental and behavioral health

Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Urban vs. Rural Settings for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness (Findings Brief)
WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Date: 03/2010
This study was designed to assess the impact of rurality on the source of payment for mental health treatments and determine whether urban-rural differences in payment sources vary for the seriously mentally ill relative to all other mental health conditions.
Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Rural vs. Urban Settings (Working Paper)
WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Date: 02/2010
Rural residents are less likely to have mental health services funded through private insurance and more likely through public sources than urban residents, suggesting that targeting policies through public funding sources could be the most effective method to reduce urban-rural disparities in mental healthcare.

Rural-Urban Differences in Depression Care (Working Paper)
WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Date: 10/2009
This paper assesses the association between rurality and depression care. It reports that rural individuals are more reliant on pharmacotherapy than psychotherapy.
The Association Between Rural Residence and the Use, Type, and Quality of Depression Care
Policy Brief
WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Date: 05/2009
The purpose of the project was to assess the association between rurality and the use, type (pharmacotherapy versus psychotherapy), and quality of care among individuals in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey with self-reported depression.

Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Urban vs. Rural Settings (Summary Brief)
WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication show that rural individuals with mental health problems are significantly less likely to receive mental health services than individuals in urban and suburban areas.
The Association Between Rural Residence and the Use, Type, and Quality of Depression Care (Final Paper)
WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Rural individuals are more reliant on pharmacotherapy than psychotherapy, which may be a concern if this is due to poor access to psychotherapy rather than a preference for antidepressants.