Changes in patient care through flexible and integrated treatment programs in German psychiatric hospitals: meta-analyses based on a series of controlled claims-based cohort studies

Table 1 Study population

FIT hospital	Number of patients				Mean age at study inclusion (years)		Percentage women (%)		Start of FIT program (year)		FIT-like pre-existing contract
	FIT		RC		FIT	RC	FIT	RC	FIT	RC	FIT	RC
	1st yr	2nd yr	1st yr	2nd yr
A	928	906	925	905	48.2	48.6	62.8	61.9	2014	n.a	No	n.a
B^a	2,152	2,094	2,146	2,092	47.6	47.3	54.8	55.0	2013		Yes
C^a	1,624	1,578	1,616	1,574	46.9	46.7	56.2	57.6	2013		Yes
D^a	1,262	1,201	1,257	1,205	49.8	48.9	56.3	59.2	2013		Yes
E^a	1,826	1,757	1,815	1,763	49.4	48.2	57.0	55.2	2013		Yes
F^a	1,041	1,003	1,039	1,003	48.9	48.4	51.1	50.0	2014		Yes
G^a	1,541	1,479	1,541	1,477	48.8	49.1	58.1	57.4	2013		Yes
H	2,374	2,231	2,377	2,248	48.3	48.4	54.5	55.7	2014		No
I	1,021	973	1,012	967	49.5	49.5	56.3	55.4	2014		No
J	980	938	974	942	50.3	48.9	62.8	70.6	2014		No
K	1,359	1,281	1,359	1,290	53.8	53.1	54.1	53.6	2014		No
L^a	772	730	770	730	51.2	52.5	51.0	51.8	2014		Yes
J—CAP	734	734	717	716	11.0	11.2	42.4	39.2	2014		No
L^a—CAP	448	447	459	459	12.1	12.4	43.5	45.1	2014		Yes
Total	18,062	17,352	18,007	17,371

FIT Flexible and integrated treatment = those hospitals with innovative financing and treatment forms (intervention group), RC Routine care, 1st yr. First patient year, 2nd yr. Second patient year, CAP Department of child and adolescent psychiatry, n.a. Not applicable
^aFIT hospital with FIT-like pre-existing contract

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