Evaluation of a Flexible and Integrative Psychiatric Care Model at the Pfalzklinikum (EVA_Pfalz)

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

FIT contract with global treatment budget: Several SHI funds have established a contract (duration = at least eight year) with the model hospital for an alternative remuneration / financing of patients treated in the model hospital (FIT hospital, Pfalzklinikum). This contract encourages the model hospital an alternative treatment of their patients (insured with the involved SHI funds), for example fewer inpatient and more outpatient treatment. The contract is based on a global treatment budget (pre-defined fix budget for a specified number of patients independent from the setting of treatment in the hospital).

Study summary

This study is an evaluation of the flexible and integrative psychiatric care model (according to § 64b of the German Social Code Book V (SGB V)) (FIT) at the Pfalzklinikum. The central concern of this evaluation is to answer the question whether the FIT model offer advantages over standard care. The orientation of model care is a more cross-sectoral provision of services through more flexible treatment intensities.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Duration of inpatient psychiatric treatment — one year prior to recruitment compared to first to fourth year after recruitment
  Days with inpatient stays of each included patient will be marked within the patient-individual follow-up period. A billing matrix defining the type of charge and describing the count will be used to mark days with inpatient stays. Inpatient stays that range outside the patient-specific follow-up time will be censored. The proportion of patients with at least one inpatient stay will be presented. Furthermore, the days of inpatient stays per patient will be added, including the stay that led to inclusion in the evaluation. The classification into inpatient and day care is based on the corresponding charges. If inpatient and day care cases are billed on one day in one hospital, this day will be counted as an inpatient day. It will be analyzed how long patients were treated in hospitals (here only inpatient stays), summed over the entire observation period for each case (all patients).
• Sick leave days — one year prior to recruitment compared to first to fourth year after recruitment
  The number of sick leave days due to any mental disorder among employed persons will be counted.

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