In-patient treatment in functional and sectorised care: patient satisfaction and length of stay
(2018) British Journal of Psychiatry — Vol. 212, p. 81-87 (2018)
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- Background: Debate exists as to whether functional care, in which different psychiatrists are responsible for in- and out-atient care, leads to better in-patient treatment as compared with sectorised care, in which the same psychiatrist is responsible for care across settings. Aims: To compare patient satisfaction with in-patient treatment and length of stay in functional and sectorised care. Method: Patients with an ICD-10 diagnosis of psychotic, affective or anxiety/somatoform disorders consecutively admitted to an adult acute psychiatric ward in 23 hospitals across 11 National Health Service trusts in England were recruited. Patient satisfaction with in-patient care and length of stay (LoS) were compared (trial registration ISRCTN40256812). Results: In total, 2709 patients were included, of which 1612 received functional and 1097 sectorised care. Patient satisfaction was significantly higher in sectorised care (β = 0.54, 95% CI 0.35–0.73, P<0.001). This difference remained significant when adjusting for locality and patient characteristics. LoS was 6.9 days shorter for patients in sectorised care (β = −6.89, 95% CI –11.76 to −2.02, P<0.001), but this difference did not remain significant when adjusting for clustering by hospital (β = −4.89, 95% CI –13.34 to 3.56, P = 0.26). Conclusions: This is the first robust evidence that patient satisfaction with inpatient treatment is higher in sectorised care, whereas findings for LoS are less conclusive. If patient satisfaction is seen as a key criterion, sectorised care seems preferable.
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Bird, V. J., Giacco, D., Nicaise, P., Pfennig, A., Lasalvia, A., Welbel, M., & Priebe, S. (2018). In-patient treatment in functional and sectorised care: patient satisfaction and length of stay. British Journal of Psychiatry, 212, 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2017.20 (Original work published 2018)