TY - JOUR
T1 - New strategies for the general hospital psychiatrist
T2 - The complexity of care prediction. A European study
AU - Rigatelli, M.
AU - Barbieri, C.
AU - Poletti, R.
AU - De Jonge, P.
AU - Huyse, F. J.
AU - Herzog, T.
AU - Lobo, A.
AU - Lyons, J. S.
AU - Slaets, P. J.
AU - Stein, B.
AU - Galeazzi, G. M.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - A new model is presented for the prediction of complexity of care for inpatients admitted to General Hospital, developed in a Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry setting. The paper reports about the Modena University data set from a multicentric European research project, funded by the European Union. The Complexity of Care Index (CCI), its conceptual origins and its relations to length of hospital stay and subjective judgement of complexity by doctors and nurses are discussed. We describe a two-step procedure for the detection and treatment planning of complex patients at their admission, using a 8 items screening instrument (COMPRI: COMplexity of care PRediction Instrument), whose development is illustrated. The first results of the project, their relevance in relation to previous works addressing the same research area and their consequences for service planning and provision, particularly concerning C/L Psychiatry, are considered.
AB - A new model is presented for the prediction of complexity of care for inpatients admitted to General Hospital, developed in a Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry setting. The paper reports about the Modena University data set from a multicentric European research project, funded by the European Union. The Complexity of Care Index (CCI), its conceptual origins and its relations to length of hospital stay and subjective judgement of complexity by doctors and nurses are discussed. We describe a two-step procedure for the detection and treatment planning of complex patients at their admission, using a 8 items screening instrument (COMPRI: COMplexity of care PRediction Instrument), whose development is illustrated. The first results of the project, their relevance in relation to previous works addressing the same research area and their consequences for service planning and provision, particularly concerning C/L Psychiatry, are considered.
KW - Complexity of care
KW - Consultation/Liaison psychiatry
KW - Length of stay
KW - Screening instruments
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033392469
SN - 0393-5310
VL - 15
SP - 187
EP - 196
JO - New Trends in Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry
JF - New Trends in Experimental and Clinical Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -