Bi-stability and critical transitions in mental health care systems: a model-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delayed initiation and early discontinuation of treatment due to limited availability and accessibility of services may often result in people with mild or moderate mental disorders developing more severe disorders, leading to an increase in demand for specialised care that would be expected to further restrict service availability and accessibility (due to increased waiting times, higher out-of-pocket costs, etc.).

Methods

We developed a simple system dynamics model of the interaction of specialised services capacity and disease progression to examine the impact of service availability and accessibility on the effectiveness and efficiency of mental health care systems.

Results

Model analysis indicates that, under certain conditions, increasing services cap

SUBMITTER: Skinner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10037813 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature