Focus on: People with mental ill health and hospital use

"At any time, one in six adults has a mental health condition and one in 100 has a severe mental illness. Our new research explores what differences in hospital use can tell us about the quality of physical health care for people with mental ill health."

Focus on: People with mental ill health and hospital use
H Dorning, A Davies, I Blunt
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
October 2015

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Do practice performance scores predict emergency admissions?

"We tested whether or not better-quality primary care, as assessed by the SMI [serious mental illness] quality indicators measured routinely in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in English general practice, is associated with lower rates of emergency hospital admissions for people with SMIs"

Do higher primary care practice performance scores predict lower rates of emergency admissions for persons with serious mental illness? An analysis of secondary panel data 
R Jacobs et al.
Health Services and Delivery Research, (16), April 2015

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Improvement of care for the physical health of patients with severe mental illness

"Three major themes emerged: needs of patients with severe mental illness differ from the general population; professional roles and collaboration; and health monitoring and supporting a healthy lifestyle."

Improvement of care for the physical health of patients with severe mental illness: a qualitative study assessing the view of patients and families
FM van Hasselt, M JT Oud, AJM Loonen
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:426

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