Volume 4, issue 3
Finansowanie psychiatrii
The effect of extramural care type on the costs of treatment of schizophrenic patients
KATARZYNA PROT-HERCZYŃSKA1
1. Zespołu Leczenia Domowego IV Kliniki Psychiatrycznej IPiN w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1995, 4, 299-313
Keywords: community care, effectiveness, costs, schizophrenia
Abstract
The unit of analysis were 179 five-year periods during which schizophrenic patients received one of two types of extramural care (delivered either by a traditional mental health facility, or by a Home Treatment Team). The provision of intensive community care reduced Home Treatment patients' length of inpatient stay by 59%, increased their community tenure by 57%, and in comparison to the traditional outpatient care group, reduced the direct costs of treatment by 42%.
Address for correspondence:
Dr Katarzyna Prot-Herczyńska,
IV Klinika Psychiatryczna IPiN,
Zespół Leczenia Domowego,
ul. Kondratowicza 8,
03-242 Warszawa