Mental Health Providers

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Ratio of population to mental health providers. The 2025 Annual Data Release used data from 2024 for this measure.

Access to health care requires not only financial coverage but also access to providers. More than 122 million people lived in a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area as of December 2024.1 While the mental health parity aspects of the Affordable Care Act create increased coverage for mental health services, concerns such as difficulties in finding in-network providers and differences in the amount of cost-sharing between primary care and mental health care add to the issue of the mental health provider shortages, preventing many people from receiving care.2

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The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Model of Health

Use the model to explore the measures of how long and how well we live and what shapes these trends. Select a measure in the diagram or browse the list of all measures.

Measures marked with an asterisk (*) are not included in summary calculations for Population Health and Well-being or Community Conditions.

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