Development and implementation of quality indicators in a group of nine psychiatric hospitals.

Quality indicators (QI) are becoming increasingly important in mental healthcare in Germany. QI can be used for various purposes, such as for creating transparency as well as for benchmarking between hospitals. QI themselves are subject to high quality standards.

Analysis of the utilization, processes, and outcomes of inpatient mental healthcare during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Background: During the first phase of the Coronavirus-19 disorder (COVID-19) pandemic in the spring of 2020, utilization of inpatient mental healthcare was significantly reduced. We now report on a long-term observational study of inpatient mental healthcare in a large psychiatric hospital association in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, covering the second and third pandemic waves of autumn and winter 2020 followed up until June 2021.

Objectives: Analysis of the changes of inpatient and day patient mental healthcare utilization in an association of psychiatric hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic from January 2020 until June 2021.

[Joint crisis plans in mental health hospitals-Real practice in an association of psychiatric hospitals].

Background: Joint crisis plans (JCPs) are offered in many psychiatric hospitals, but patients only rarely make use of them.

Objective: To assess the rates of JCPs among inpatients of mental health hospitals and to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients who make use of a JCP.

Material And Methods: We carried out a retrospective analysis of routine data from the statistical database/basis documentation of the LVR hospital association, which consists of nine psychiatric hospitals.

Utilization of Inpatient Mental Health Care in the Rhineland During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

During the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, considerable changes occurred in the utilization of mental health care. We conducted an analysis of the changes of inpatient and day patient mental health care utilization in an association of psychiatric hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used the statistics database of the association of nine psychiatric hospitals of the Rhineland Regional Council (Landschaftsverband Rheinland, LVR).

[Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia in Nine Psychiatric Hospitals of the Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Germany].

Background: Antipsychotics are the cornerstone in the treatment of schizophrenia and are primarily recommended as monotherapy by evidence-based guidelines. Nevertheless, antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) is prevalent in routine practice and APP is also used as a quality indicator since 2016 in quality management programs.

Objective: Based on routine data of nine psychiatric hospitals of the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR)/Germany the prevalence of APP was determined and correlated with factors of routine healthcare in order to monitor the adoption of APP and to discuss its feasibility as a quality indicator.