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Table 4 Recurrent involuntarily admitted patients (n = 173) before and after the introduction of community treatment orders (CTOs)

From: Community treatment orders in a Swedish county - applied as intended?

 

Period Ia

Period IIb

Change/p

Inpatient occasions

309

295

-5%

 Md (25th; 75th percentile)

1 (1; 2)

1 (1; 2)

0,717

Inpatient days

43 967

28 914

- 34%

 Md (25th; 75th percentile)

91 (30; 525)

73 (22; 202)

<0,001

 Thereof, number of days on leave

17 515

7 707

-56%

 Md (25th; 75th percentile)

10 (0; 114)

4 (0; 65)

<0,001

Days in hospital

26 452

21 207

- 20%

 Md (25th; 75th percentile)

48 (20; 172)

30 (8; 140)

0,010

Days of CTOs

-

17 404

 

 Md (25th; 75th percentile)

 

0 (0; 116)

 

Days on leave + CTOs

17 515

25 111

+ 43%

 Md (25th; 75th percentile)

10 (0; 114)

15 (0; 239)

0,095

Days in hospital + on leave + CTOs

43 967

46 318

+ 5%

 Md (25th; 75th percentile)

91 (30; 525)

118 (22; 582)

0,573

  1. aThe two year-period before the reform bThe two year-period after the reform.