Status of primary and secondary mental healthcare of people with severe mental illness: an epidemiological study from the UK PARTNERS2 programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is global interest in the reconfiguration of community mental health services, including primary care, to improve clinical and cost effectiveness.

Aims

This study seeks to describe patterns of service use, continuity of care, health risks, physical healthcare monitoring and the balance between primary and secondary mental healthcare for people with severe mental illness in receipt of secondary mental healthcare in the UK.

Method

We conducted an epidemiological medical records review in three UK sites. We identified 297 cases randomly selected from the three participating mental health services. Data were manually extracted from electronic patient medical records from both secondary and primary care, for a 2-year period (2012-2014). Continuous data wer

SUBMITTER: Reilly S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058911 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature