Development of New Quality Measures for Hospital-Based Care of Suicidal Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop, validate, and test the feasibility of implementation of 4 new quality measures assessing emergency department (ED) and inpatient care for suicidal youth.

Methods

Four quality measures were developed to assess hospital-based care for suicidal youth. These measures, focused on counseling caregivers about restricting access to lethal means of self-harm and benefits and risks of antidepressant medications, were operationalized into 2 caregiver surveys that assessed ED and inpatient quality, respectively. Survey field tests included caregivers of youth who received inpatient and/or ED care for suicidality at 1 of 2 children's hospitals between July 2013 and June 2014. We examined the feasibility of obtaining measure scores and variation in scores. Multivari

SUBMITTER: Parast L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12167927 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature