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http://hdl.handle.net/11054/154| Title: | A patient-based voucher system for brief hospitalisation. |
| Authors: | Little, John Stephens, David |
| Issue Date: | 1999 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Place of publication: | London |
| Publication Title: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 429 |
| End Page: | 432 |
| Abstract: | Objective: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the clinical use of a patient-based voucher system for brief hospitalisation. Clinical picture: A 31-year-old male, chronically disabled, with schizophrenia, polysubstance, and borderline personality disorders presented concerns for the treating team. Treatment: Management was community based except for a single admission in which the patient chose the timing and duration via a predetermined set of vouchers. Outcome: In contrast to previous admissions, a patient-chosen, voucher-based admission was single, brief and uneventful. Conclusions: Novel approaches to chronically disabled patients with psychiatric illness enable change from therapeutic pessimism. A patient-based voucher system seemed to be of use in one patient. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11054/154 |
| ISSN: | 0004-8674 |
| Internal ID Number: | 00138 |
| Health Subject: | BRIEF HOSPITALISATION DUAL DISABILITY VOUCHER SYSTEM |
| Type: | Journal Article Article |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Output |
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