The effect of psychiatric decision unit services on inpatient admissions and mental health presentations in emergency departments: an interrupted time series analysis from two cities and one rural area in England

• Päätekijät: J. G. Smith (Tekijä), K. Anderson (Tekijä), G. Clarke (Tekijä), C. Crowe (Tekijä), L. P. Goldsmith (Tekijä), H. Jarman (Tekijä), S. Johnson (Tekijä), J. Lomani (Tekijä), D. McDaid (Tekijä), A. Park (Tekijä), K. Turner (Tekijä), S. Gillard (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Cambridge University Press, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Aims High-quality evidence is lacking for the impact on healthcare utilisation of short-stay alternatives to psychiatric inpatient services for people experiencing acute and/or complex mental health crises (known in England as psychiatric decision units [PDUs]). We assessed the extent to wh...