Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of psychiatric mother and baby units: quasi-experimental study

CONCLUSIONS: We found no significant differences in rates of readmission, but MBU advantage might have been masked by residual confounders; readmission will also depend on quality of care after discharge and type of illness. Future studies should attempt to identify the effective ingredients of specialist perinatal in-patient and community care to improve outcomes.PMID:35505514 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.2022.48

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science - May 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Louise M Howard Kylee Trevillion Laura Potts Margaret Heslin Andrew Pickles Sarah Byford Lauren E Carson Clare Dolman Stacey Jennings Sonia Johnson Ian Jones Rebecca McDonald Susan Pawlby Claire Powell Gertrude Seneviratne Rebekah Shallcross Nicky Stanley Source Type: research