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Table 4 Study outcomes: process and service

From: Improving mental health care transitions for children and youth: a protocol to implement and evaluate an emergency department clinical pathway

Outcome measure

Description

Details

Data source

Process outcomes

1°

Documented MH recommendations

Proportion of patients with documented MH-specific recommendations in the medical chart

Health record audits

2°

EDMHCP uptake in the ED

Measured as the proportion of completed CPs filed in health records

Health record audits

Service outcomes

1°

Patients receiving post-ED follow-up

Proportion of patients that receive post-ED follow-up as per EDMHCP recommendations

Health record audits

NACRS

Telephone follow-up

2°

Patient perspectives of post-ED MH service uptake

Post-ED uptake of recommended community MH services

Services for Children and Adolescent-Parent Interview (SCA-PI)

 

Alignment of risk assessment with MH services recommendations

Alignment of recommended services to the HEADS-ED assessment

Health record audits

NACRS

 

Hospital metrics

ED LOS, hospital admissions, ED revisits (10 days, 3 months)

Health record audits

NACRS

 

Patient satisfaction

Patient/caregiver satisfaction with the ED visit

Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)

  1. MH mental health, EDMHCP Emergency Department Mental Health Clinical Pathway, NACRS National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, ED LOS emergency department length of stay