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  • Effectiveness of Continuity-of-Care Programs to reduce time in hospital in persons with schizophrenia

  • M. Alonso Suárez, M.F. Bravo-Ortiz, A. Fernández-Liria, C. González-Juárez
  • Journal:
    Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences / Volume 20 / Issue 1 / March 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 March 2011, pp. 65-72
  • Aims.

    To assess the impact of the Continuity-of-Care Program (CCP; a clinical case management model) on hospital use of persons with schizophrenia in three Community Mental Health Services in Madrid (Spain).

    Methods.

    Using data provided by the Psychiatric Case Register, we analyzed the use of hospitalization in 250 individuals before and after the date of inclusion in this program.

    Results.

    During the first year after launching the program, there was a 40–69% reduction in the number of admissions, length of each hospital stay, proportion of admitted patients, total number of days in-hospital, proportion of patients visiting the emergency room, and emergency room visits. This drop was maintained over the subsequent 3 years of program functioning.

    Conclusions.

    These results encourage the development and implementation of such programs, even though more studies evaluating the effectiveness of these programs for other endpoints are needed.