RT @dchristmas: "Despite the rush to collaborative community psychiatric care, there is little empirical evidence that networks of health,…
"If other outcomes, such as social integration or quality of life, are targeted, shifting more resources from inpatient services to services that are targeting social integration more specifically...should be prioritized." https://t.co/hbv5mReYSI
"...the local context matters: psychiatric bed density and the structural position of the hospitals within the network may dampen the effect of the reform on hospitalization." i.e. hospitals keeping 'resources' may limit effects of reform. https://t.co/hbv
"Despite the rush to collaborative community psychiatric care, there is little empirical evidence that networks of health, mental health, and social care services are effective in improving patient outcomes." https://t.co/hbv5mReYSI
Belgium has been integrating MH services and social care (a.k.a. 'service networks') since 2011. They might have a modest effect on continuity of care, but evidence is lacking for effects on social integration, quality of life, and re-hospitalisation. http