Impact of a Telepsychiatry Program at Emergency Departments Statewide on the Quality, Utilization, and Costs of Mental Health Services
| Autor: | Benjamin Druss, Meera Narasimhan, Julie A. Royer, Gretl Glick, Jason M. Hockenberry, Steven C. Marcus, Paul S. Weiss, John Magill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Mental Health Services South carolina medicine.medical_specialty South Carolina MEDLINE Article Young Adult Outpatients Humans Medicine Inpatients business.industry Matched control Telepsychiatry Health Care Costs Length of Stay Middle Aged Mental health Telemedicine Psychotherapy Psychiatry and Mental health Multicenter study Emergency medicine Hospital admission Linear Models Female Emergency Service Hospital business Hospital stay |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatric Services. 66:1167-1172 |
| ISSN: | 1557-9700 1075-2730 |
| Popis: | This study estimated the impact of a statewide, centralized telepsychiatry service provided in nonpsychiatric emergency departments (EDs) on use of mental health services.Individuals treated via telepsychiatry were compared with a matched control group of individuals with mental health diagnoses who were treated in nonparticipating hospitals. Bivariate and two-part and generalized linear regression models were used to assess differences between the two groups in outpatient follow-up, hospital admission following the ED visit, length of hospital stay if admitted, and inpatient and total costs.Between March 2009 and June 2013, there were 9,066 patients with at least one telepsychiatry visit. Of these, 7,261 had index telepsychiatry visits that the authors were able to successfully match. Compared with the matched control group, telepsychiatry recipients were more likely to receive 30-day outpatient follow-up (46% versus 16%, p.001) and 90-day outpatient follow-up (54% versus 20%, p.001). Telepsychiatry recipients were less likely than the control group to be admitted to the hospital during the index ED visit (11% versus 22%, p.001). The combined effect of having a telepsychiatry consult during the index ED visit was a reduction of .86 days in inpatient length of stay. Thirty-day inpatient costs were $2,336 (p=.04) lower for the telepsychiatry versus the control group, but 30-day total health care costs were not statistically different.Telepsychiatry delivered in the ED through a centralized coordinated program has great promise for improving linkage with outpatient mental health services while reducing inpatient utilization and hospital costs. |
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