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Table 3 Involuntary psychiatric care before and after the introduction of community treatment orders (CTOs)

From: Community treatment orders in a Swedish county - applied as intended?

 

Period Ia

Period IIb

Change

p-value

Total number of patients

524

514

- 2%

0,780

Inpatient treatment episodes

739

720

- 3%

0,637

Inpatient days

59 423

42 060

- 29%

<0,001

 Thereof, number of days on leave

23 625

9 546

- 60%

<0,001

Days in hospital

35 798

32 514

- 9%

<0,001

Days of CTOs

-

20 299

  

Days on leave + CTOs

23 625

29 845

+ 26%

<0,001

Days in hospital + on leave + CTOs

59 423

62 359

+ 5%

<0,001

  1. aThe two year-period before the reform bThe two year-period after the reform.