Comparative effectiveness research on psychiatric hospitalisation by record linkage of large administrative data sets
Principal Investigator at ZRC SAZU
Lilijana Šprah, PhD-
Original Title
Comparative Effectiveness Research on Psychiatric Hospitalisation by Record Linkage of Large Administrative Data Sets
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Acronym
CEPHOS-LINK
Project Team
Lilijana Šprah, PhD, Urška Smrke, Saša Zorjan, Mojca Z. Dernovšek-
Project ID
603264
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Duration
1 April 2014–31 March 2017 -
Lead Partner
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Project Leader
prof. dr. Kristian Wahlbeck
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Financial Source
ARRS
EU
Partners
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Slov…, dwh Simulation Services (Dwh Gmbh), Austria, The National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development, …, Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland, The University of Verona (UNIVR), Italy , Stiftelsen Sintef (SINTEF), Norway , IMEHPS.research – Improving Mental Health Pathways (IMEHPS), Austria
Despite psychiatric services having undergone profound changes over the last decades, psychiatric hospital admission and re-admission rates are still high in most countries, and it is little understood why.
Since repeated hospital admissions constitute significant interruptions in patients’ lives on many levels, unplanned readmissions are not regarded as an indicator of efficiency and good quality of psychiatric care.
CEPHOS-LINK aims to compare different types of health service interventions in terms of differences in rehospitalisation outcomes in adult patients who have been discharged with a psychiatric diagnosis from hospital.
Ultimately CEPHOS-LINK will improve the knowledge base regarding rehospitalisation and support decision makers in the field of mental health through recommendations, guidelines and online decision support tools. This will be of special interest to a variety of stakeholders from Governments and service planners to mental health NGO’s.
Newsletter 1, November 2014 (pdf)
Newsletter 2, August 2015 (pdf)
Presentation of "Organisation of data analyses and measuring of comorbidity/multimorbidity" (L. Šprah) at the conference meeting European Health Systems: Past, Present and Future: Technology meets Health System Research. Vienna, 12th of October 2016.
Policy brief