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- 27.After an Intensive Home Treatment program was created in the Trieste Mental Health Department in 2017, the rate of involuntary hospitalization was reduced by 80 % in the next year
- 14. BIG NEWS ! Quebec is the first provincial government to roll out Intensive Home Treatment programs province wide
- 26. Intensive Home Treatment Programs could reduce emergency room boarding of patients experiencing a mental health crisis
- 25. A 2022 Swiss quasi-experimental study based on existing groups – a natural experiment based on geography , to allocate patients to IHT and hospital treatment according to the place of residence ent
- 24 Dutch randomised controlled trial 2022
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4. How has the national implementation of intensive home treatment teams impacted psychiatric admission rates in England?
Between 2001 and 2004 there was a rapid expansion in the number of intensive home treatment teams in England. A national network of assertive community treatment teams was also mandated. Glover of the North Eastern Public Health Observatory set out … Continue reading
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7. ” Open All Hours” a comparison of two areas; one with, one without an intensive home treatment service Birmingham UK 1998
open+all+hours This study is of interest for numerous reasons. Its development was specifically linked to bed closures and it is the first study to demonstrate exactly how, and to what degree intensive home treatment can replace inpatient care. This model … Continue reading
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6.Impact of an intensive home treatment team and an assertive community treatment team Newcastle 2007
Impact of an intensive home treatment team and assertive community treatment team Newcastle UK 2007 This is one of two naturalistic studies of home treatment carried out since national implementation. Although both types of teams were started together, the 45% … Continue reading
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5.Impact of an intensive home treatment team on admission rates Leeds UK 2007
This is a naturalistic study of the changes in admission rates following introduction of an intensive home treatment team in Leeds UK. The service opened in Oct 2004. There was a 37.5% drop in the monthly admission rate. There was … Continue reading
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4. Impact of the South Islington CRT team on service costs
The conclusions from this economic evaluation were that intensive home treatment appeared to reduce the costs compared to usual care, but the amount was not statistically significant. Further controlled trials are needed for a full cost effectiveness analysis. This was … Continue reading
3.South Islington Non-Randomized Trial 2005
South Islington Non-Randomized Trial This is a comparison of admission rates and bed days before an intensive home treatment service was established and after–a quasi-experimental study. After the team was established, the admission rate 6 weeks after a crisis was … Continue reading
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2.Economic Evaluation of a crisis resolution team : a randomized controlled trial
Economic evaluation of a crisis resolution service: A randomised controlled trial 1Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (United Kingdom) 2Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical Schools, … Continue reading
1. North Islington randomized controlled trial: intensive home treatment v. hospital UK 2005
This randomized controlled trial by Sonia Johnson is the latest study and is noteworthy for three reasons. It is the highest quality study; it pits intensive home treatment against an up to date hospital service which includes an after hours emergency … Continue reading