Intensive home treatment compared to inpatient psychiatric treatment: a 36-month follow-up of a propensity-score matched retrospective multicenter cohort study
Konstantinos Nikolaidis, Sandeep Rout, Olaf Hardt, Christoph Richter, Britta Janßen, Jürgen Timm, Andreas Bechdolf · 2026
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Konstantinos Nikolaidis and co-authors follow psychiatric patients treated at home instead of in hospital for three years, in a 2026 study. Intensive home treatment offers acute care in the patient's own setting, but long-term evidence was scarce. Records from three Berlin hospitals matched 263 home-treated patients with 263 inpatients of similar age, diagnosis, and history.
Over thirty-six months the home group returned to hospital less often, accumulated fewer inpatient days, and waited longer before any readmission, while total readmissions across all services matched. Home patients also started outpatient clinic care more often. The authors conclude that, for patients judged suitable, home treatment holds its early gains without shifting the burden elsewhere.
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| CREATOR | Konstantinos Nikolaidis, Sandeep Rout, Olaf Hardt, Christoph Richter, Britta Janßen, Jürgen Timm, Andreas Bechdolf |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 66 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |