Table 3.

Mean number of inpatient days in the two years before and after PCA contract initiation

Subgroup		Inpatient days		Reduction of days
Diagnostic group	N	Before	After	Mean	Percent
Addiction disorder (F10–19)	3	107.0	30.3	76.7	71.7
Schizophrenia spectrum disorder (F20–29)	16	175.1	80.4	94.7	54.1
Bipolar disorder (F30–31)	9	102.7	82.2	20.4	20.0
Depressive disorder (F32–33)	8	105.6	68.8	36.8	34.8
Anxiety and adjustment disorders (F41–43)	8	128.1	80.8	47.4	36.9
Personality disorder (F60–69)	10	90.7	47.3	43.4	47.9
Missing	3	125.7	66.3	59.3	47.3
Severity of problems (HoNOS mean score)
0–1 (lower tertial sum score)	18	111.9	65.0	46.9	41.9
1.1–1.3 (middle tertial sum score)	21	103.6	72.4	31.2	30.1
1.4–2.5 (upper tertial sum score)	18	167.2	72.0	95.2	56.9
Involuntary inpatient care in the two years before PCA contract
1 or more involuntary inpatient days	13	177.8	100.2	77.5	43.6
No involuntary inpatient days	44	109.6	62.3	47.3	43.2
Alcohol use or drug abuse
Abstinent	30	108.5	59.3	49.2	45.3
Use without problems	5	200.0	42.4	157.6	78.8
Abuse or dependency	9	145.7	66.1	79.6	54.6
Missing	13	125.7	107.8	17.9	14.2
Use of municipal day care center
No	26	125.7	62.7	63.0	50.1
Yes	31	126.9	76.0	50.9	40.1
Conversations with municipal staff at least once per month
No	17	147.5	57.1	90.4	61.3
Yes	40	117.3	75.4	41.9	35.7
Received municipal home services
No	40	129.1	68.6	60.5	46.9
Yes	17	119.8	73.1	46.8	39.0
Outpatient consultation once per month or more
No	35	122.2	63.8	58.3	47.8
Yes	22	132.9	69.9	53.3	47.4
Regular contact with psychosis treatment team
No	42	114.9	69.6	45.2	39.4
Yes	15	158.4	70.7	87.7	55.4