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. 2021 May 27;11:11209. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90762-x

Table 2.

Non-dominated solutions for the hunter New England and central coast primary health network (HNECC PHN).

Intervention scenario Suicides (% reduction) ED presentations (% reduction) Disengagements (% reduction)
0 Business as usual (no interventions) 1778 155,901 544,972
a Family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, safety planning, social connectedness 1532 (13.8) 143,266 (8.1) 501,191 (8.0)
b Acute care services, family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, safety planning 1534 (13.7) 138,444 (11.2) 506,134 (7.1)
c Family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, safety planning, safe space services 1543 (13.2) 141,327 (9.3) 505,835 (7.2)
d Family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, safety planning, CMHC services capacity increase 1544 (13.2) 143,114 (8.2) 496,362 (8.9)
e Acute care services, family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, social connectedness 1566 (11.9) 138,145 (11.4) 501,555 (8.0)
f Family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, safe space services, social connectedness 1576 (11.4) 141,079 (9.5) 501,267 (8.0)
g Family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, social connectedness, CMHC services capacity increase 1578 (11.2) 142,842 (8.4) 491,787 (9.8)
h Acute care services, family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, CMHC services capacity increase 1578 (11.2) 138,001 (11.5) 496,730 (8.9)
i Family psychoeducation, post-attempt care, safe space services, CMHC services capacity increase 1588 (10.7) 140,963 (9.6) 496,443 (8.9)
j Acute care services, family psychoeducation, safety planning, social connectedness 1619 (8.9) 137,991 (11.5) 494,169 (9.3)
k Family psychoeducation, safety planning, safe space services, social connectedness 1629 (8.4) 140,891 (9.6) 493,829 (9.4)
l Family psychoeducation, safety planning, social connectedness, CMHC services capacity increase 1630 (8.3) 142,641 (8.5) 484,337 (11.1)
m Acute care services, family psychoeducation, safety planning, CMHC services capacity 1632 (8.2) 137,852 (11.6) 489,305 (10.2)
n Family psychoeducation, safety planning, safe space services, CMHC services capacity increase 1642 (7.6) 140,782 (9.7) 488,964 (10.3)
o Acute care services, family psychoeducation, social connectedness, CMHC services capacity increase 1667 (6.2) 137,573 (11.8) 484,531 (11.1)
p Family psychoeducation, safe space services, social connectedness, CMHC services capacity increase 1678 (5.6) 140,555 (9.8) 484,195 (11.2)
q Family psychoeducation, social connectedness, GP services capacity increase, CMHC services capacity increase 1689 (5.0) 143,738 (7.8) 483,846 (11.2)

Each solution is a combination of four interventions that performs better than all other combinations on at least one outcome, preventing more suicides, mental health-related emergency department (ED) presentations, and/or disengagement. Numbers of suicides, mental health-related ED presentations, and patients disengaging across the PHN over the period 2021–2031 are presented for each intervention scenario.