Evaluation of the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health-Veterans Enhanced Treatment Suicide Risk Modeling Clinical Program in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented a national clinical program using a suicide risk prediction algorithm, Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health-Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET), in which clinicians facilitate care enhancements for individuals identified in local top 0.1% suicide risk tiers. Evaluation studies are needed.

Objective

To determine associations with treatment engagement, health care utilization, suicide attempts, safety plan documentation, and 6-month mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used triple differences analyses comparing 6-month changes in outcomes after vs before program entry for individuals entering the REACH VET program (March 2017-December 2018) vs a similarly identified

SUBMITTER: McCarthy JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524305 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature