tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Collaboration between general hospitals and community health services in the care of suicide attempters in Norway: a longitudinal study"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Collaboration between general hospitals and community health services in the care of suicide attempters in Norway: a longitudinal study. | Mork et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2010 9 26 http content 9 1 26 ANNALS OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY PRIMARY RESEARCH Open Access Collaboration between general hospitals and community health services in the care of suicide attempters in Norway a longitudinal study Erlend Mork 1 Lars Mehlum1 Elin Anita Fadum1 and Ingeborg Rossow1 2 Abstract Background The aim of this paper was to study the collaboration between emergency departments EDs in general hospitals and community health services CHS in Norway when providing psychosocial care and aftercare to patients treated in EDs following a suicide attempt. We wanted to explore the extent to which quality indicators at the hospital level measured in 1999 and 2006 could predict the presence or absence of a chain of care structure in the CHS in 2006. Methods Data were collected through structured interviews with informants from 95 of all general hospitals in Norway in 1999 and 2006 and informants from CHS in a stratified sample of Norwegian municipalities in 2006 n 47 . Results In 15 of the 47 municipalities 32 the CHS reported having a chain of care structure in 2006. A discriminant function analysis revealed that the hospitals that in 1999 had a a collaboration agreement with aftercare providers and b written guidelines including a quality assurance system were significantly more likely to have municipalities with a chain of care structure in their catchment area in 2006. Conclusions Hospitals and municipalities self-reported provision of aftercare services for patients treated after a suicide attempt was markedly below the recommendations given in national standards. Systems at the hospital level for the management and care of patients admitted after a suicide attempt and systematic collaboration between hospitals and aftercare providers seem to be important elements in the long-term maintenance of continuity of care for suicide attempters. Background It is well established that patients