Dementia Care Practice.

Background: Value-based healthcare (VBHC) is a novel concept derived from economic research which is recently implemented in various medical departments and facilities. Additionally to an improvement of patient care, it postulates a reduction of expenses by providing patients with what they really need. Value in this context is defined as outcomes achieved for patients relative to the required costs.

[Inpatient Equivalent Home Treatment of Gerontopsychiatric Patients (ieht-g) in a Major German City - An Observational Study].

Objective: Patient characterization and evaluation of gerontopsychiatric inpatient equivalent treatment (IEHT-G) in a large German city.

Methods: Collection of sociodemographic and clinical data, as well as assessment of clinical severity (CGI), health and social functioning (HoNOS-D) and autonomous performance of activities of daily living (IADL) at the beginning and end of IEHT-G.

Results: 53 subjects (age: MW=74.