Extending the liaison psychiatry service in a large hospital in the UK: a before and after evaluation of the economic impact and patient care following ED attendances for self-harm.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of an expansion of liaison psychiatry services (LPS) on patient management, outcomes and treatment costs for emergency department (ED) attendances for self-harm.

Design

Retrospective before and after cohort study using routinely collected Self-Harm Surveillance Register data.

Setting

A large hospital in South West England.

Subjects

Patients attending the ED for self-harm.

Interventions

Extension of the LPS' working hours from 9:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday to 8:00 to 22:00, 7 days a week, following a £250 000 annual investment MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Number and characteristics of ED attendances for self-harm. The before and after cohorts were compared in terms of key process measures, including proportion of patients rec

SUBMITTER: Opmeer BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724115 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature