Publications and presentations

Final Report

The Final Scientific Report (pdf 6.71 MB) summarises all scientific results generated from the CEPHOS-LINK project. 

 

CEPHOS-LINK Policy Briefs

International Policy Brief (pdf 409 KB): summarises the international findings of the CEPHOS-LINK project, drawing special attention to factors influencing international comparability and results. 

The Service User Policy Brief (pdf 500 KB): draws upon the qualitative focus group study and highlights how research can use expertise from lived experience in a meaningful way. 

The Austrian Policy Brief (pdf 295 KB): details results on psychiatric re-hospitalisation distinctly from the Austrian perspective and  health care system context. 

The Finnish Policy Brief (pdf 470 KB): details results on psychiatric re-hospitalisation distinctly from the Finnish perspective  and health care system context.

The Italian Policy Brief (pdf 1.08 MB): details results on psychiatric re-hospitalisation distinctly from the Italian perspective  and health care system context.

The Norwegian Policy Brief (pdf 596 KB): details results on psychiatric re-hospitalisation distinctly from the Norwegian perspective and  health care system context.

The Romanian Policy Brief (pdf 252 KB): details results on psychiatric re-hospitalisation distinctly from the Romanian perspective and health care system context.

The Slovenian Policy Brief (pdf 690 KB): details results on psychiatric re-hospitalisation distinctly from the  Slovenian perspective  health care system context.

Publications

Ådnanes M, Cresswell-Smith J, Melby L, Westerlund H, Šprah L, Sfetcu R, Straßmayr C, Donisi V. Discharge planning, self-management, and community support: strategies to avoid psychiatric rehospitalisation from a service user perspective. Patient Education and Counseling, 2019, ISSN 0738-3991. 

Katschnig H, Straßmayr C, Endel F, Berger M, Zauner G, Kalseth J, Sfetcu R, Wahlbeck K, Tedeschi F, Šprah L. Using national electronic health care registries for comparing the risk of psychiatric re-hospitalisation in six European countries: Opportunities and limitations. Health Policy, 2019. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.07.006

Tedeschi F, Donisi V, Salazzari D, Cresswell-Smith J, Wahlbeck K, Amaddeo F. Clinical and organizational factors predicting readmission for mental health patients across Italy. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 2019. doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01766-y 

Ådnanes M, Melby L, Cresswell-Smith J, Westerlund H, Rabbi L, Dernovsek MZ, Sprah L, Sfetcu R,  Stassmayr C, Donisi V. Mental Health Service Users Experiences of Psychiatric Re-hospitalisation - an Explorative Focus Group Study in six European Countries. BMC Health Services Research 18:516, 2018.

Urach C, Zauner G, Wahlbeck K, Haaramo P, Popper N. Statistical methods and modelling techniques for analysing hospital readmission of discharged psychiatric patients: a systematic literature review (pdf 701 KB). BMC Psychiatry 16:413, 2016. 

Kalseth J, Lassemo E, Wahlbeck K, Haaramo P, Magnussen J. Psychiatric readmissions and their association with environmental and health system characteristics: a systematic review of the literature (pdf 434 KB). BMC Psychiatry 16:376, 2016. 

Donisi V, Tedeschi F, Wahlbeck K, Haaramo P, Amaddeo F. Pre-discharge factors predicting readmissions of psychiatric patients: A systematic review of the literature (pdf 548 KB). BMC Psychiatry, 16:449, 2016.

Šprah L, Zvezdana Dernovšek M, Wahlbeck K, Haaramo P. Psychiatric readmissions and their association with physical comorbidity: A systematic literature review (pdf 667 KB). BMC Psychiatry 17:2, 2017. 

Sfetcu R, Musat S, Haaramo P, Ciutan M,Scintee G, Vladescu C, Wahlbeck K, Katschnig H. Overview of Post-Discharge Predictors for Psychiatric Re-Hospitalisations: A Systematic Review of The Literature (pdf 669 KB). BMC Psychiatry.2017;17:227.

Presentations

6-8.6.2019

Thirteenth International Conference of the European Network For Mental Health Service Evaluation Conference (ENMESH) Lisbon, Portugal

• Ways to avoid re-hospitalisations - mental health service users' perspectives in six European countries (pdf 1736 KB). Ådnanes, M., Cresswell-Smith, J., Melby, L., Westerlund, H., Šprah, L., Sfetcu, R., Straßmayr, C., Donisi, V.

23.3.2017

THL, Helsinki - Final Conference for the CEPHOS-LINK Project 

Conference programme

• Comparing psychiatric re-hospitalization rates across countries by using routine health care data: possibilities and limitations (Slideshare). Heinz Katschnig, MD Professor of Psychiatry IMEHPS.research, Vienna, Austria
• Exploring re-hospitalisation using a Decision Support System (Slideshare) Project Coordinator Johanna Cresswell-Smith, Msc
• Psychiatric readmission – making sense of differences from the Finnish perspective (Slideshare) Senior Researcher Peija Haaramo PhD
• Monitoring and improving quality of mental health care in Europe (Slideshare) Professor Francesco Amaddeo, Section of Psychiatry Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona
• Mental health service users’ experiences of admission and readmission to hospital — a focus group study in six countries (Slideshare) Research Manager Marian Ådnanes PhD, SINTEF

12.10.2016

Vienna University of Technology, European Health Systems - Past, Present and Future: Technology meets Health System Research

• The idea behind CEPHOS-LINK: National routine health care data as a source of information for research the Finnish example (pdf 1,41 MB).
• Organisation of data analyses and measuring of comorbidity/multimorbidity (pdf 714 KB).
• General concepts and measuring of post discharge variables - Literature based results and real world experience (pdf 1,56 MB).
• Challenges in integrating registry based patient cohorts across EC countries - Results from the CEPHOS-LINK study (pdf 1,06 MB).
• Which factors before discharge have to be considered to prevent readmissions? (pdf 653 KB).
• European Health Systems - Past, Present and Future: Technology meets Health System Research (pdf 3,14 MB)

26.2.2016

Health Economics Association (ATHEA) Conference,Vienna

• Do hospital discharges rates indicate need for treatment or interest of owners? Lessons learned from the CEPHOS-Link project in Austria, Italy and Slovenia (pdf 51.70 KB)

• Comparing apples with oranges? The pitfalls of international comparison of hospitaldischarge rates and length of stay derived from routine health care data. (pdf 47.8 KB)

1-3.10.2015

Eleventh International Conference of the European Network For Mental Health Service Evaluation Conference(ENMESH), Malaga

• Which factors before discharge have to be considered to prevent readmissions? Francesco Amaddeo, Valeria Donisi, Federico Tadeschi, University of Verona, Italy (Slideshare)  
• The impact of post discharge community mental health service use on psychiatric rehospitalisation rates. Raluca Sfetcu, Simone Musat, M. Ciutan. National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development, Romania (Slideshare)
• Psychiatric readmissions and their association with physical comorbidity variables: A systematic literature review. Lilijana Šprah, Mojca Zvezdana Dernovšek, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia (Slideshare)
• Psychiatric readmissions and their association with environmental and health system characteristics: a systematic review of the literature. Jorid Kalseth, Eva Lassemo, SINTEF research, Norway (Slideshare)
• Are we comparing Apples with Oranges? The Pitfalls of Comparing Psychiatric Rehospitalisation Rates Derived from Routine Health Care Data. Christa Straßmayr, Heinz Katschnig, Florian Endel, IMEHPS research, Austria (Slideshare)
• Psychiatric Inpatient Care in Finland -  Challenges for Deinstitutionalisation, Factors in Rehospitalisation. Peija Haaramo, Niko Marola, Kristian Wahlbeck, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland (Slideshare)