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Clinical decision making and mental health service use in people with severe mental illness across Europe

Cosh, Suzanne; Zentner, Nadja; Ay, Esra-Sultan; Loos, Sabine; Slade, Mike; De Rosa, Corrado; Luciano, Mario; Berecz, Roland; Glaub, Theodora; Munk-J�rgensen, Povl; Krogsgaard Bording, Malene; R�ssler, Wulf; Kawohl, Wolfram; Puschner, Bernd

Authors

Suzanne Cosh

Nadja Zentner

Esra-Sultan Ay

Sabine Loos

MIKE SLADE M.SLADE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Mental Health Recovery and Social Inclusion

Corrado De Rosa

Mario Luciano

Roland Berecz

Theodora Glaub

Povl Munk-J�rgensen

Malene Krogsgaard Bording

Wulf R�ssler

Wolfram Kawohl

Bernd Puschner



Abstract

Objective: This study aims to explore relationships between preferred and experienced clinical decision making with service use, and associated costs, by people with severe mental illness.
Methods: Prospective observational study of mental healthcare in six European countries: Germany, UK, Italy Hungary, Denmark and Switzerland. Patients (N = 588) and treating clinicians (N = 213) reported preferred and experienced decision making at baseline using the Clinical Decision Making Style Scale (CDMS) and the Clinical Decision Involvement and Satisfaction Scale (CDIS). Retrospective service use was assessed with the Client Socio-Demographic and Service Receipt Inventory (CSSRI-EU) at baseline and 12-month follow-up. Negative binomial regression analyses examined the effects of CDMS and CDIS on service use and inpatient costs at baseline and multilevel models examined these relationships over time.
Results: At baseline, staff and patient preferences for active decision making and low patient satisfaction with experienced decisions were associated with longer hospital admissions and higher costs. Patient preferences for active decision making predicted increases in hospital admissions (b = .236, p =.043) over 12 months and cost increases were predicted by low patient satisfaction (b = 4803, p =.005). Decision making was unrelated to medication, outpatient, or community service use.
Conclusions: Decision making is related to inpatient service use and associated costs by people with severe mental illness. A preference for shared decision making may reduce healthcare costs via a reduction in inpatient admissions. Patient satisfaction with decisions is a crucial predictor of healthcare costs; therefore, clinicians should maximize patient satisfaction with decision making.

Citation

Cosh, S., Zentner, N., Ay, E., Loos, S., Slade, M., De Rosa, C., …Puschner, B. (2017). Clinical decision making and mental health service use in people with severe mental illness across Europe. Psychiatric Services, 68(9), 970-974. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600114

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 26, 2017
Online Publication Date May 15, 2017
Publication Date Sep 1, 2017
Deposit Date Jan 27, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Psychiatric Services
Print ISSN 1075-2730
Electronic ISSN 1557-9700
Publisher Psychiatry Online
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 68
Issue 9
Pages 970-974
DOI https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600114
Keywords clinical decision making, severe mental illness, mental health care, service use, costs
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/879922
Publisher URL http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201600114
Additional Information The official published article is available online at http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201600114

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