[A comparison of direct admissions to inpatient-equivalent home treatment with transfers from psychiatric wards].

Aim: Different access routes to inpatient-equivalent home treatment (IEHT) were examined.

Methods: Baseline differences were examined using exploratory group comparisons, treatment effects by type of admission using regression analysis.

Results: Of 200 StäB users, 144 (72%) were admitted directly to IEHT, while 56 (28%) were transferred.

[When does StäB (not) Work? A Qualitative, Multi-Perspective Survey on Factors that can Affect the Outcome of Inpatient-Equivalent Home Treatment (IEHT)].

Objective: There are always cases in which an already started inpatient equivalent home treatment is terminated. Aim of our study was to reach a better understanding of the circumstances leading to a termination of IEHT that has already begun.

Methods: 17 qualitative interviews were conducted with patients, relatives as well as practitioners and therapists.

Premature termination, satisfaction with care, and shared decision-making during home treatment compared to inpatient treatment: A quasi-experimental trial.

Background: Inpatient equivalent home treatment (IEHT), implemented in Germany since 2018, is a specific form of home treatment. Between 2021 and 2022, IEHT was compared to inpatient psychiatric treatment in a 12-months follow-up quasi-experimental study with two propensity score matched cohorts in 10 psychiatric centers in Germany. This article reports results on the treatment during the acute episode and focuses on involvement in decision-making, patient satisfaction, and drop-out rates.

[Inpatient equivalent home-treatment: an overview].

Inpatient equivalent home-treatment (IEHT) was implemented in Germany in 2018. Persons with a mental disorder can be admitted to acute multiprofessional IEHT to avoid or shorten inpatient hospital treatment. Exclusion criteria are amongst others lack of consent of cohabitants or endangerment of self and others.

[Inpatient-Equivalent Treatment - Direct Admission vs. Referral from Psychiatric Inpatient Units].

Objective: The implementation of Inpatient-equivalent treatment (IET) is advocated. In the Munich IET-program about 50 % of the IET patients were admitted directly whereas 50 % were transferred from inpatient units.

Methods: Data on the first N = 169 IET patients were used to compare patients being directly admitted with those who were transferred from inpatients units to IET.