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dc.contributor.authorHartveit, Miriamen_US
dc.contributor.authorThorsen, Olaven_US
dc.contributor.authorBiringer, Evaen_US
dc.contributor.authorVanhaecht, Krisen_US
dc.contributor.authorCarlsen, Benedicteen_US
dc.contributor.authorAslaksen, Aslaken_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-31T12:10:29Z
dc.date.available2013-10-31T12:10:29Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-19eng
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/7463
dc.description.abstractBackground: In most Western countries, the referral letter forms the basis for establishing the priority of patients for specialised health care and for the coordination of care between the services. To be able to define the quality of referral letters, the potential impact of the quality on the organisation of care, and to improve the quality of the letters, we need a multidimensional definition of the ideal content. The study’s aim was to explore what information is seen as most important and should be included in referral letters from primary care to specialised mental health care to facilitate prioritisation and planning of treatment and follow-up of the patients. Methods: Based on purposive sampling, four mixed discussion groups, which included general practitioners, mental health nurses from primary health care, psychiatrists and psychologists from specialised mental health care, managers and patient representatives, were formed; they were asked to identify the information they considered important in a mental health referral letter. In line with the Delphi technique, the importance of the themes was later individually rated by the participants. The study was conducted within The Western Norway Regional Health Authority.Results: The four groups identified 174 information themes. After excluding themes that were assessed as duplicates, replaceable or less important, 40 themes were suggested, organised in seven units. A set of check-off points of essential information is recommended as an introduction in the referral letter. Conclusion: Compared with general guidelines and guidelines for somatic care, the results of this study suggest that the referral letter to specialised mental health care should have a larger emphasis on the overall treatment plan, on the specific role of specialised health care in the continuum of care, and on patient involvement. Further research should evaluate the validity of these findings for other patient groups in need of integrated care and investigate how the quality of referral letters affects patient-related and organisational outcomes.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.relation.ispartof<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1956/12208"target="blank">Bridging the Gap between Primary Care and Specialized Mental Health Care. A mixed method study of the quality of referral information and the referral letters’ potential impact on quality of care</a>eng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/eng
dc.subjectReferral and consultationeng
dc.subjectMental healtheng
dc.subjectHealth serviceseng
dc.subjectGeneral practiceeng
dc.subjectGroup intervieweng
dc.titleRecommended content of referral letters from general practitioners to specialised mental health care: a qualitative multi-perspective studyen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2013-10-01T19:11:09Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2013 Hartveit et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.source.articlenumber329
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-329
dc.identifier.cristin1045030
dc.source.journalBMC Health Services Research
dc.source.4013


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