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The effect of psychiatric decision unit services on inpatient admissions and mental health presentations in emergency departments: an interrupted time series analysis from two cities and one rural area in England

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • الموضوع:
      2024
    • Collection:
      The London School of Economics and Political Science: LSE Research Online
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Aims High-quality evidence is lacking for the impact on healthcare utilisation of short-stay alternatives to psychiatric inpatient services for people experiencing acute and/or complex mental health crises (known in England as psychiatric decision units [PDUs]). We assessed the extent to which changes in psychiatric hospital and emergency department (ED) activity were explained by implementation of PDUs in England using a quasi-experimental approach. Methods We conducted an interrupted time series (ITS) analysis of weekly aggregated data pre- and post-PDU implementation in one rural and two urban sites using segmented regression, adjusting for temporal and seasonal trends. Primary outcomes were changes in the number of voluntary inpatient admissions to (acute) adult psychiatric wards and number of ED adult mental health-related attendances in the 24 months post-PDU implementation compared to that in the 24 months pre-PDU implementation. Results The two PDUs (one urban and one rural) with longer (average) stays and high staff-to-patient ratios observed post-PDU decreases in the pattern of weekly voluntary psychiatric admissions relative to pre-PDU trend (Rural: −0.45%/week, 95% confidence interval [CI] = −0.78%, −0.12%; Urban: −0.49%/week, 95% CI = −0.73%, −0.25%); PDU implementation in each was associated with an estimated 35–38% reduction in total voluntary admissions in the post-PDU period. The (urban) PDU with the highest throughput, lowest staff-to-patient ratio and shortest average stay observed a 20% (−20.4%, CI = −29.7%, −10.0%) level reduction in mental health-related ED attendances post-PDU, although there was little impact on long-term trend. Pooled analyses across sites indicated a significant reduction in the number of voluntary admissions following PDU implementation (−16.6%, 95% CI = −23.9%, −8.5%) but no significant (long-term) trend change (−0.20%/week, 95% CI = −0.74%, 0.34%) and no short- (−2.8%, 95% CI = −19.3%, 17.0%) or long-term (0.08%/week, 95% CI = −0.13, 0.28%) effects on mental ...
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      http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/122541/1/the_effect_of_psychiatric_decision_unit_services_on_inpatient_admissions_and_mental_health_presentations_in_emergency_departments_an_interrupted_time_series_analysis_from_two_cities_and_one_rural_area.pdf; Smith, J. G., Anderson, K., Clarke, G., Crowe, C., Goldsmith, L. P., Jarman, H., Johnson, S., Lomani, J., McDaid, David orcid:0000-0003-0744-2664 , Park, A-La orcid:0000-0002-4704-4874 , Turner, K. and Gillard, S. (2024) The effect of psychiatric decision unit services on inpatient admissions and mental health presentations in emergency departments: an interrupted time series analysis from two cities and one rural area in England. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33. ISSN 2045-7960
    • الدخول الالكتروني :
      http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/122541/
      http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/122541/1/the_effect_of_psychiatric_decision_unit_services_on_inpatient_admissions_and_mental_health_presentations_in_emergency_departments_an_interrupted_time_series_analysis_from_two_cities_and_one_rural_area.pdf
      https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-psychiatric-sciences
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    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.BDB548EA