BACKGROUND: Based on the data of an analysis of costs of psychopharmacological treatment by the Austrian Rechnungshof in 2011, which also revealed remarkable differences between Salzburg and Carinthia (federal states of Austria), a panel of experts discussed the potential causes. A consequence was the following prospective study, which took place at the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy in Klagenfurt/Carinthia. METHODS: The aim in this mirror design study was to analize the data of psychopharmacologic treatment, epidemiological data of the treated patients (N = 230) and utilization of healthcare ressources such as contacts to psychiatrists or practicioners after discharge. RESULTS: We could show a high adherence concerning the redeem of the prescriptions, a low proportion of generics, and a very low rate of contacts to psychiatrists contrasting contacts to practitioners. CONCLUSIONS: Beneath that in the sense of descriptive epidemiology the data help to characterize adherence behavior after discharge and details of in- and outdoor treatment.
BACKGROUND: Based on the data of an analysis of costs of psychopharmacological treatment by the Austrian Rechnungshof in 2011, which also revealed remarkable differences between Salzburg and Carinthia (federal states of Austria), a panel of experts discussed the potential causes. A consequence was the following prospective study, which took place at the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy in Klagenfurt/Carinthia. METHODS: The aim in this mirror design study was to analize the data of psychopharmacologic treatment, epidemiological data of the treated patients (N = 230) and utilization of healthcare ressources such as contacts to psychiatrists or practicioners after discharge. RESULTS: We could show a high adherence concerning the redeem of the prescriptions, a low proportion of generics, and a very low rate of contacts to psychiatrists contrasting contacts to practitioners. CONCLUSIONS: Beneath that in the sense of descriptive epidemiology the data help to characterize adherence behavior after discharge and details of in- and outdoor treatment.
Authors: Jeffrey A Lieberman; T Scott Stroup; Joseph P McEvoy; Marvin S Swartz; Robert A Rosenheck; Diana O Perkins; Richard S E Keefe; Sonia M Davis; Clarence E Davis; Barry D Lebowitz; Joanne Severe; John K Hsiao Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 2005-09-19 Impact factor: 91.245
Authors: Egon Michael Haberfellner; Alfred Grausgruber; Rosemarie Grausgruber-Berner; Margarethe Ortmair; Werner Schöny Journal: Psychiatr Prax Date: 2006-03
Authors: René S Kahn; W Wolfgang Fleischhacker; Han Boter; Michael Davidson; Yvonne Vergouwe; Ireneus P M Keet; Mihai D Gheorghe; Janusz K Rybakowski; Silvana Galderisi; Jan Libiger; Martina Hummer; Sonia Dollfus; Juan J López-Ibor; Luchezar G Hranov; Wolfgang Gaebel; Joseph Peuskens; Nils Lindefors; Anita Riecher-Rössler; Diederick E Grobbee Journal: Lancet Date: 2008-03-29 Impact factor: 79.321