Changes in youth care use after the implementation of community-based support teams: repeated measurement study using registry data and data on team characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

New legislation on youth care in the Netherlands led to the implementation of community-based support teams, providing integrated primary youth care. Important aims of the new Youth Act were more integrated, timely care and less use of intensive forms of care. Our aim was to study changes in youth care use in time and the role of newly introduced community-based support teams herein.

Setting

Register data (2015-2018) on youth of a large city were linked and combined with administrative and aggregated data on team characteristics.

Participants

Data on 126 095 youth (0-18 years) were available for analyses.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary, specialised and residential youth care use were the primary outcomes.

Results

Generalised es

SUBMITTER: Mieloo CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8852673 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature