Table 3.

Involuntary psychiatric care before and after the introduction of community treatment orders (CTOs)

	Period I a	Period II b	Change	p-value
Total number of patients	524	514	- 2%	0,780
Inpatient treatment episodes	739	720	- 3%	0,637
Inpatient days	59 423	42 060	- 29%	<0,001
Thereof, number of days on leave	23 625	9 546	- 60%	<0,001
Days in hospital	35 798	32 514	- 9%	<0,001
Days of CTOs	-	20 299
Days on leave + CTOs	23 625	29 845	+ 26%	<0,001
Days in hospital + on leave + CTOs	59 423	62 359	+ 5%	<0,001

^aThe two year-period before the reform ^bThe two year-period after the reform.