The Relationship Between Therapist Characteristics and Decreased Medical Utilization: An Exploratory Study

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Contemporary Family Therapy

Issue

26

Publication Date

2004

First Page

61

Last Page

69

Abstract

This was an exploratory study examining the relationship between the therapist characteristics of age, experience, gender, and profession and the medical utilization of clients. Marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and psychologists participated in the study along with 197 clients as identified by archival research methods. The results of logistic regression analysis suggested that psychotherapy in general, rather than professional training or therapist characteristics is responsible for reductions in healthcare utilization. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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