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. 2022 Jan 4;22:8. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03645-w

Table 3.

Service Utilisation

Service (unit of measurement) Baseline Post-assessment 3 MFU
PM+ (n=24) ETAU (n=22) PM+ (n=24) ETAU n=21) PM+ (n=20) ETAU (n=20)
Community health worker (contact) 0.04 (0.20) 0.36 (1.34) 0.00 0.05 (0.21) 0.08 (0.41) 0.36 (0.79)
Community-based doctor (contact) 0.96 (2.54) 0.59 (1.05) 0.25 (1.03) 0.23 (1.06) 0.50 (1.29) 0.86 (1.58)
Psychiatrist (contact) 0.00 0.91 (4.26) 0.00 0.05 (0.21) 0.42 (2.04) 0.00
Psychologist (contact) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 (0.20) 0.00
Psychiatric Nurse (contact) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Social worker (contact) 0.00 0.05 (0.21) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 (0.43)
Psychiatric inpatient stay (nights) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 (0.43)
Other inpatient stay (nights) 0.25 (1.22) 0.05 (0.21) 0.92 (4.07) 1.32 (4.02) 0.08 (0.28) 0.23 (0.53)
Hospital Emergency Department (contact) 0.25 (0.74) 0.55 (2.13) 0.29 (0.91) 0.00 0.00 0.77 (2.78)
Psychiatric outpatient (contact) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 (0.21) 0.00 0.00
Other outpatient (contact) 1.29 (2.74)* 0.09 (0.43)* 0.00 0.00 0.54 (1.91) 0.14 (0.47)
Day Hospital (Visit) 0.00 0.68 (1.86) 0.42 (2.04) 0.00 0.00 0.59 (2.56)
Policlinic (Visit) 0.29 (1.08) 0.36 (1.50) 0.29 (1.08) 0.36 (1.50) 0.17 (0.64) 0.45 (1.47)
Medicine (doses) 7.58 (37.15) 0.00 3.79 (18.57) 0.00 3.96 (18.97) 13.00 (59.57)
CAM (contact) 0.42 (1.47) 0.18 (0.59) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 (0.64)
Productivity Loss (days) 8.71 (19.00) 2.55 (6.72) 6.04 (8.89) 12.36 (50.89) 0.54 (1.44) 3.50 (10.37)

Mean utilisation (SD) at baseline, post-assessment and three month follow up. (complete cases only – no imputed data)

* p < 0.05

Able to collect CSRI data on contacts with services; low use of services for most individuals; no significant differences between utilisation rates at each time point for all categories (using parametric test) other than for other outpatient contacts at baseline