In Oklahoma, specialized crisis response would cut health care costs by more than half
Caring for people in behavioral health crises with mobile crisis teams and specialized crisis stabilization units can significantly reduce costs, compared to using hospital ER and inpatient resources.
A pair of stacked bar charts showing the difference in cost for traditional behavioral health crisis response vs. specialized crisis response based on Oklahoma population data. Traditional crisis response costs over twice as much at $815M, largely relying on the use of ER and inpatient beds. Specialized crisis response involves mobile crisis teams, crisis stabilization units, and short-term crisis beds and would cost about $388M.
