Table 2 Outcome measures
Primary outcome measures: Synthetic Control (ITS) Study | |
Rate of admissions to mental health trust adult inpatient wards per 1000 trust catchment population | Rate of ED psychiatric presentations per 1000 trust catchment population) |
Primary outcome measures: ITS Study | |
Rate of informal admissions to mental health trust adult inpatient wards per 1000 trust catchment population | Rate of ED psychiatric presentations per 1000 trust catchment population) |
Secondary outcome measures (both studies) | |
Mental health trust | Acute trust |
Rate of inpatient admissions per 1000 trust catchment population | Proportion of 4-h psychiatric ED breaches (denominator psychiatric ED presentations) |
Proportion of 0–5 day inpatient admissions (denominator total inpatient admissions) | Average length of psychiatric ED wait |
Average length of inpatient stay (bed days) | Proportion of psychiatric ED 12 h trolley waits (denominator psychiatric ED presentations) |
Proportion of compulsory admissions (denominator total admissions) | Proportion of psychiatric ED admissions admitted to an acute bed (denominator psychiatric ED presentations) |
Proportion of psychiatric liaison episodes at the ED (denominator psychiatric ED presentations) | Proportion of psychiatric ED arrivals by ambulance or police (denominator psychiatric ED presentations) |
ITS only outcomes: | |
Daily mean occupied bed days (denominator size of trust catchment population) | Â |
Proportion of out of area admissions (from the site MH trust to other MH trust or private provider) (denominator total inpatient admissions) | Â |