Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

1 results

  • Quality of discharge letters concerning readmissions to mental healthcare: case-control study

  • Miriam Hartveit, Harald Bjarne Hellesen, Jostein Helgeland, Olav Thorsen, Jörg Assmus, Eva Biringer
  • Journal:
    BJPsych Open / Volume 11 / Issue 3 / May 2025
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    23 May 2025, e113
    • Article
      • You have access
      • Open access
    • PDF
    • HTML
    • Export citation

  • We investigated the quality of 100 discharge letters from mental health specialists to better understand the role of cross-sectoral communication in patients’ readmissions or other unplanned recontacts with mental health specialist care. Using a case-control design, we compared 50 letters for patients readmitted or for whom a formal request for additional specialist mental healthcare was made by the patient’s GP (recontact) within 30 days of discharge, and 50 letters for those without readmission or recontact. The 26-item checklist Quality of Discharge letters – Mental Health was used to assess discharge letter quality. No significant differences in total checklist scores were found, suggesting that discharge letter quality does not influence the rates of readmission or unplanned recontact in mental healthcare.