Marta Anczewska1, Daria Biechowska1, Piotr Gałecki2, Małgorzata Janas-Kozik3, Beata Koń4, Blanka Skrzypkowska-Brancewicz5, Anna Śremska6, Filip Urbanski7, Barbara Więckowska8, Mariusz Zięba7, Katarzyna Kucharska9. 1. Instytut Psychiatrii i Neurologii w Warszawie. 2. Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi, Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych. 3. Katedra Psychiatrii i Psychoterapii Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach, Oddział Kliniczny Psychiatrii i Psychoterapii Wieku Rozwojowego. 4. Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych. 5. Centrum Zdrowia Psychicznego Optimmed sp. z o.o, Gdansk. 6. Wojewódzki Szpital Psychiatryczny, Łódź. 7. Ministerstwo Zdrowia, Warszawa, Departament Analiz i Strategii. 8. Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne. 9. Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Warszawa, Instytut Psychologii.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this publication is to analyze the organizational units of mental healthcare for adults based on the data on the services reported to the National Health Fund in 2010-2016. METHODS: The following organizational forms of care were analyzed: mental health outpatient clinics, general psychiatric wards, general day care psychiatric wards, community mental health teams, and psychiatric emergency rooms. These organizational units were analyzed in terms of their number, utilization and accessibility. In addition, a preliminary simulation of the expected Mental Health Centers was carried out. RESULTS: In Poland, in 2010-2016, the number of mental health service providers under contracts with the National Health Fund increased by 5%. The most robust growth was observed for community mental health teams, whose number increased by 282%. However, this organizational form was used by a marginal (1.9%) percentage of patients. The highest rate of admission to general psychiatric wards was observed in districts where a general psychiatric ward and a mental health clinic were available with no day care psychiatric wards or community mental health teams. Asmall number of entities providing comprehensive care was in operation in 2016. The preliminary simulation has shown that in 2016 a total of 156 MentalHealth Centers should have been in operation, assuming that each of them would have provided care for 200,000 inhabitants. CONCLUSIONS: It would be advisable to analyze the exact geographic distribution of units, human resources in individual organizational units, and to take financial outlays for mental healthcare in their various forms into consideration.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this publication is to analyze the organizational units of mental healthcare for adults based on the data on the services reported to the National Health Fund in 2010-2016. METHODS: The following organizational forms of care were analyzed: mental health outpatient clinics, general psychiatric wards, general day care psychiatric wards, community mental health teams, and psychiatric emergency rooms. These organizational units were analyzed in terms of their number, utilization and accessibility. In addition, a preliminary simulation of the expected Mental Health Centers was carried out. RESULTS: In Poland, in 2010-2016, the number of mental health service providers under contracts with the National Health Fund increased by 5%. The most robust growth was observed for community mental health teams, whose number increased by 282%. However, this organizational form was used by a marginal (1.9%) percentage of patients. The highest rate of admission to general psychiatric wards was observed in districts where a general psychiatric ward and a mental health clinic were available with no day care psychiatric wards or community mental health teams. Asmall number of entities providing comprehensive care was in operation in 2016. The preliminary simulation has shown that in 2016 a total of 156 MentalHealth Centers should have been in operation, assuming that each of them would have provided care for 200,000 inhabitants. CONCLUSIONS: It would be advisable to analyze the exact geographic distribution of units, human resources in individual organizational units, and to take financial outlays for mental healthcare in their various forms into consideration.
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maps of health needs; mental healthcare in Poland; organizational units
Authors: Anna Sagan; Iwona Kowalska-Bobko; Daria Biechowska; Maciej Rogala; Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-05-09 Impact factor: 3.390