Objective Psychiatric services have undergone profound changes over the last decades. Large mental hospitals were downsized or closed and community mental health services set up, in order to move treatment of patients from institutions to the community. However, little is known about the effectiveness of this “de-institutionalisation” approach. In fact, psychiatric hospital admission and re-admission rates are still high in most countries, and it is only little understood why. Since repeated hospital admissions constitute profound interruptions in patients’ lives and are feared by patients because of stigma, their decrease can be regarded as a patient centred outcome (PCO); also, unplanned readmissions are not regarded as an indicator of efficiency and good quality of care. CEPHOS-LINK will make use of record linkage methods in data sets of large administrative electronic health care databases in six European countries with different health care systems (Austria, Finland, Italy, Norway, Romania and Slovenia), for exploring in routine settings the relationship between a large array of factors (on the patient, service and health system level) and rehospitalisation of psychiatric patients who were discharged from hospital, and to compare the outcome of several naturally occurring service use patterns. Cost-effectiveness issues will be dealt with. Given the use of data from multiple databases in six countries, work on data availability, acquisition, management, quality, interoperability, privacy protection and linkage methods will precede local and pooled data analyses, performed with statistical methods and innovative dynamic modelling approaches. Views form users and carers, cost-effectiveness aspects and findings from systematic reviews of the literature will be integrated with results of the record linkage studies for producing guidelines, recommendations and decision support tools for decision makers in the field of mental health system and services interventions. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencemedical and health scienceshealth scienceshealth care serviceseHealthnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH.2013.3.1-1 - Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) in health systems and health services interventions Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS EU contribution € 882 010,00 Address MANNERHEIMINTIE 166 00271 Helsinki Finland See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Sanna Leppämäki (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all IMEHPS.RESEARCH - FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR SOZIALPSYCHIATRIE GMBH Austria EU contribution € 498 120,00 Address GLASERGASSE 24/23 1090 WIEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Heinz Katschnig (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SCOALA NATIONALA DE SANATATE PUBLICA, MANAGEMENT SI PERFECTIONARE IN DOMENIUL SANITAR BUCURESTI Romania EU contribution € 138 960,00 Address STRADA VASELOR 31 021253 BUCURESTI See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Raluca Sfetcu (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data STIFTELSEN SINTEF Norway EU contribution € 753 418,00 Address STRINDVEIEN 4 7034 Trondheim See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jorid Kalseth (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA Italy EU contribution € 185 600,00 Address VIA DELL ARTIGLIERE 8 37129 Verona See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Verona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Susanna Montalto (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ZNANSTVENORAZISKOVALNI CENTER SLOVENSKE AKADEMIJE ZNANOSTI IN UMETNOSTI Slovenia EU contribution € 218 440,00 Address NOVI TRG 2 1000 Ljubljana See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mimi Urbanc (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data dwh GmbH Austria EU contribution € 233 600,00 Address NEUSTIFTGASSE 57-59 1050 WIEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nikolas Popper (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data