Does the mental health system provide effective coverage to people with schizophrenic disorder? A self-controlled case series study in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To measure indicators of timeliness and continuity of treatments on patients with schizophrenic disorder in 'real-life' practice, and to validate them through their relationship with relapse occurrences.

Methods

The target population was from four Italian regions overall covering 22 million beneficiaries of the NHS (37% of the entire Italian population). The cohort included 12,054 patients newly taken into care for schizophrenic disorder between January 2015 and June 2016. The self-controlled case series (SCCS) design was used to estimate the incidence rate ratio of relapse occurrences according to mental healthcare coverage.

Results

Poor timeliness (82% and 33% of cohort members had not yet started treatment with psychosocial interventions and antipsychotic d

SUBMITTER: Corrao G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8934324 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature