Does monitoring need for care in patients diagnosed with severe mental illness impact on Psychiatric Service Use? Comparison of monitored patients with matched controls

Table 3 Care consumption differences in years before and after index date in CNCM and NN regions

	in-patient days (95% CI)	out-patient contacts (95% CI)	day care (95% CI)
CNCM cf NN: total	-5.23 (-12.7-2.2)		1.78 (-8.0-11.6)
Treatment at baseline* CNCM (interactionterm)	χ²= 0.78, df = 2, p = 0.68	χ²= 7.17, df = 2, p = 0.03	χ²= 3.98, df = 2 p = 0.14
CNCM cf NN: new patients n = 42		11.6* (0.77-22.4)
CNCM cf NN: new episode n = 40		15.5** (4.59-26.4)
CNCM cf NN: persistent in care n = 761		2.80* (0.45-5.15)

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