Kreutzberg, A. and Jacobs, R. orcid.org/0000-0001-5225-6321 (2020) Improving access to services for psychotic patients: does implementing a waiting time target make a diference. European Journal of Health Economics. ISSN 1618-7601
Abstract
Objective: In April 2015, the English National Health Service started implementing the first waiting time targets in mental health care. This study aims to investigate the effect of the 14-day waiting time target for early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services after the first six months of its implementation. Study design: We analyse a cohort of first-episode psychosis patients from the English administrative Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dataset 2011 to 2015. We compare patients being treated by EIP services (treatment) with those receiving care from standard community mental health services (control). We combine nonparametric matching with a difference-in-difference approach to account for observed and unobserved group differences. We analyse the probability of waiting below target and look at different percentiles of the waiting time distribution. Results: EIP patients had an 11.6–18.4 percentage point higher chance of waiting below target post-policy compared to standard care patients. However, post-policy trends at different percentiles of the waiting time distribution were not different between groups. Conclusions: Mental health providers seem to respond to waiting time targets in a similar way as physical health providers. The increased proportion waiting below target did not, however, result in an overall improvement across the waiting time distribution.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020, The Author(s). |
Keywords: | Waiting time targets;,Mental health;,Early intervention in psychosis;,Difference-in-difference analysis; |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Centre for Health Economics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2020 12:10 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-020-01165-0 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10198-020-01165-0 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:157842 |
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