State mental hospital continuity of care study 2: Comparison of state mental hospital discharge plans with post discharge housing placements, participation in community behavioral health services, and use of psychotropic medications

Publication Date: 6/1/2001

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This study reports on the comparison of information found in on-site chart reviews conducted at four state mental hospitals in Florida with six-month post discharge follow-up data extracted from two large services data bases for Medicaid and the Department of Children and Families. The present study is a follow-up to the State Mental Hospital Continuity of Care Study, Year One Preliminary Report (Boaz & Vossberg, 2001). In that study, several administrative datasets were used to address issues in the continuity of care of 1211 persons discharged to the community from Florida state mental hospitals from July 1, 1998 through December 31, 1999. The present study seeks to further the findings of that study by conducting on-site reviews of state mental hospital medical records of a subset of 100 of the subjects from the earlier study.