A Stepped Health Services Intervention to Improve Care for Mental and Neurological Diseases: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental and neurological disorders cause a large proportion of morbidity burden and require adequate health care structures. However, deficits in the German health care system like long waiting times for access to specialized care and a lack of coordination between health care providers lead to suboptimal quality of care and elevated health care costs.

Objective

To overcome these deficits, we implement and evaluate a unique stepped and coordinated model of care (the Neurologisch-psychiatrische und psychotherapeutische Versorgung [NPPV] program) for patients with mental and neurological diseases.

Methods

Patients included in the program receive an appropriate treatment according to medical needs in a multiprofessional network of ambulatory health care provide

SUBMITTER: Pollmanns J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9890347 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature