Link between practice performance and emergency admissions for mental illness

Good-quality primary care has the potential to reduce emergency hospital admissions, but also to increase elective admissions if physical health problems are identified by regular health screening of people with SMIs. A new study aimed to test whether or not better-quality primary care, as assessed by the SMI quality indicators measured routinely in the quality and outcomes framework, is associated with lower rates of emergency hospital admissions for people with SMIs. The research also looked at the pattern for physical illness.
Source: NHS Networks - Category: UK Health Authors: Source Type: news