Burns, Tom, Catty, Jocelyn, Watt, Hilary, Wright, Christine, Knapp, Martin 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215 and Henderson, Juliet
(2002)
International differences in home treatment for mental health problems: results of a systematic review.
British Journal of Psychiatry, 181 (5).
pp. 375-382.
ISSN 0007-1250
Abstract
Background: It is perceived that North American home treatment studies reveal greater success in reducing days in hospital than do European studies. There are difficulties in extrapolating findings internationally. Aims: We aimed to determine whether North American studies find greater reductions in days in hospital and whether experimental service patients in North American studies spend less time in hospital. Method: The results of a systematic review were analysed with respect to study location. Service components ascertained through follow-up were utilised to interpret the meta-analyses conducted. Results: Most of the 91 studies found were from the USA and UK. North American studies found a difference of one hospital day (per patient per month) more than European studies but there was no difference in experimental data between the two locations. Conclusions: North American studies demonstrate greater differences in days in hospital but patients in their experimental services seem to spend no fewer days in hospital, implying a disparity in control services.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://bjp.rcpsych.org |
| Additional Information: | © 2002 Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| Divisions: | Social Policy Care Policy and Evaluation Centre LSE Health |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2008 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 22:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/18139 |
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