Comparison of Inpatient Equivalent Home Treatment (IEHT) with Standard Inpatient treatment: A Matched Cohort Study

Effectiveness of Inpatient Equivalent Home Treatment (IEHT) was examined in comparison to standard psychiatric inpatient treatment. IEHT is similar to the internationally known Home Treatment or Crisis Resolution Teams. It provides acute psychiatric treatment at the user's home, similar to inpa...

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Published inPsychiatrische Praxis
Main Authors Weinmann, Stefan, Spiegel, Jennifer, Baumgardt, Johanna, Bühling-Schindowski, Felix, Pfeiffer, Jan, Kleinschmidt, Martin, Bechdolf, Andreas
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 21.10.2021
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Summary:Effectiveness of Inpatient Equivalent Home Treatment (IEHT) was examined in comparison to standard psychiatric inpatient treatment. IEHT is similar to the internationally known Home Treatment or Crisis Resolution Teams. It provides acute psychiatric treatment at the user's home, similar to inpatient hospital treatment in terms of content, flexibility, and complexity. This retrospective matched control study used routine data of 86 patients (IEHT, n = 43, standard inpatient treatment n = 43). Readmission rates and cumulative hospital days were compared within a 12-month-follow-up time period. The readmission rate was lower and cumulative treatment days were longer after IETH. However, both group differences were not statistically significant. The present study indicates that IEHT is not inferior to standard inpatient treatment in terms of the risk of readmission.
ISSN:1439-0876