Jeffrey Harman, PhD

Phone: 352.273.6060
E-mail: jharman@ufl.edu

Completed Projects (1)

Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Rural vs. Urban Settings
Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Health care financing, Mental health
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.

Publications (6)

Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Rural vs. Urban Settings (Working Paper)
Author(s): Jeffrey S. Harman, Fran Dong, Stan Xu, Nathan Ewigman, John C. Fortney
Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Topic: Mental health
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 health care.
Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Urban vs. Rural Settings (Summary Brief)
Author(s): Jeffrey S. Harman, John C. Fortney, Fran Dong, Stan Xu
Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Topic: Mental health
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.
Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Urban vs. Rural Settings for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (Findings Brief)
Author(s): Jeffrey S. Harman, John C. Fortney, Fran Dong, Stan Xu
Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Topics: Health insurance and the uninsured, Mental health
Date: 03 / 2010
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 source of payment vary for the seriously mentally ill relative to all other mental health conditions.
Association Between Rural Residence and the Use, Type, and Quality of Depression Care (Final Paper)
Author(s): John C. Fortney, Jeffrey S. Harman, Stanley Xu, Fran Dong
Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Topic: Mental health
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.
Association Between Rural Residence and the Use, Type, and Quality of Depression Care (Policy Brief)
Author(s): John Fortney, Jeffrey Harman, Stan Xu, Fran Dong
Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Topic: Mental health
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.
Rural-Urban Differences in Depression Care (Working Paper)
Author(s): John C. Fortney, Jeffrey S. Harman, Stanley Xu, Fran Dong
Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research
Topic: Mental health
Date: 10 / 2009
Assesses the association between rurality and depression care. Reports that rural individuals are more reliant on pharmacotherapy than psychotherapy.

Topics Centers Researchers Other Resources Search		Jeffrey Harman, PhD Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis Phone: 352.273.6060 E-mail: jharman@ufl.edu Completed Projects (1) Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Rural vs. Urban Settings Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Topics: Health care financing, Mental health 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. Publications (6) Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Rural vs. Urban Settings (Working Paper) Author(s): Jeffrey S. Harman, Fran Dong, Stan Xu, Nathan Ewigman, John C. Fortney Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research Topic: Mental health 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 health care. Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Urban vs. Rural Settings (Summary Brief) Author(s): Jeffrey S. Harman, John C. Fortney, Fran Dong, Stan Xu Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research Topic: Mental health 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. Assessment of the Mental Health Funding Marketplace in Urban vs. Rural Settings for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (Findings Brief) Author(s): Jeffrey S. Harman, John C. Fortney, Fran Dong, Stan Xu Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research Topics: Health insurance and the uninsured, Mental health Date: 03 / 2010 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 source of payment vary for the seriously mentally ill relative to all other mental health conditions. Association Between Rural Residence and the Use, Type, and Quality of Depression Care (Final Paper) Author(s): John C. Fortney, Jeffrey S. Harman, Stanley Xu, Fran Dong Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research Topic: Mental health 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. Association Between Rural Residence and the Use, Type, and Quality of Depression Care (Policy Brief) Author(s): John Fortney, Jeffrey Harman, Stan Xu, Fran Dong Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research Topic: Mental health 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. Rural-Urban Differences in Depression Care (Working Paper) Author(s): John C. Fortney, Jeffrey S. Harman, Stanley Xu, Fran Dong Research center: WICHE Center for Rural Mental Health Research Topic: Mental health Date: 10 / 2009 Assesses the association between rurality and depression care. Reports that rural individuals are more reliant on pharmacotherapy than psychotherapy.