Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients by priority status for care within the network, Belgium, Mental Health Network reform 2013, (n = 2490)
Covariate | % | N | Priority status for care within the network (%) | Chi-square |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 49.8** | |||
Female | 51.7 | 1288 | 56.2 | |
Male | 48.3 | 1202 | 69.9 | |
Nationality | 9.9* | |||
Foreign | 8.8 | 219 | 72.6 | |
Belgian | 91.2 | 2271 | 61.9 | |
Education | 1.1 | |||
Low (= < lower secondary school) | 48.6 | 1210 | 70.0 | |
High (> = Upper secondary school) | 39.4 | 980 | 68.0 | |
Social integration Score (SIX) (/6) | 141.9** | |||
= <1 | 39.1 | 973 | 48.6 | |
2–3 | 39.9 | 994 | 73.7 | |
> =4 | 21.0 | 523 | 68.5 | |
Diagnosis | 41.5** | |||
Mental disability | 2.6 | 65 | 53.8 | |
Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders | 30.3 | 755 | 74.8 | |
Anxiety disorders | 3.1 | 76 | 53.9 | |
Mood disorders | 15.5 | 385 | 64.4 | |
Personality disorders | 9.8 | 245 | 74.7 | |
Drug-related disorders | 12.5 | 312 | 63.1 | |
Other | 9.1 | 227 | 73.1 | |
HoNOS score (/48) | 115.7** | |||
= <4 | 39.7 | 989 | 50.7 | |
5–11 | 21.6 | 539 | 66.0 | |
12–17 | 18.6 | 462 | 70.3 | |
> 17 | 20.1 | 500 | 76.4 | |
Type of service | 252.1** | |||
Psychiatric wards and hospitals | 37.5 | 933 | 67.7 | |
Sheltered accommodation services | 8.2 | 204 | 71.1 | |
Primary care and community mental health services | 18.6 | 462 | 62.3 | |
Rehabilitation and social care services | 18.5 | 461 | 34.5 | |
Crisis resolution and assertive outreach teams | 11.8 | 293 | 87.7 | |
Network orientation | 16.3** | |||
Hospital-centred | 22.6 | 563 | 67.3 | |
Primary care-centred | 12.1 | 301 | 61.8 | |
Social care-centred | 61.9 | 1542 | 62.3 | |
Number of services in the network | 27.5** | |||
Small | 28.6 | 713 | 62.6 | |
Medium | 42.0 | 1046 | 60.1 | |
Large | 26.0 | 647 | 69.7 | |
Priority status for care within the network | ||||
No priority | 37.2 | 926 | ||
Priority | 62.8 | 1564 |