Coordinated Access to Care From Hospital Emergency Departments (CATCH-ED)

Unity Health Toronto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Counseling and Resource Education; Other: Coordinated Access to Care from Hospital Emergency Departments; Other: Co-ordinated Access to Care from Hospital Emergency Departments

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01622244

StMichael

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of providing brief, intensive case management for frequent users of hospital Emergency Departments who have mental health and/or addictions problems. The goals of the intervention are to support patients' transition to community-based health and social services and supports - including primary and urgent psychiatric care, peer support and other community services and supports - so as to improve patient wellbeing and reduce avoidable ED visits and hospitalizations.

Enrollment: 166 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• legal adult status (age 18)
• able to give informed consent
• have made 5+ visits to participating hospital Emergency Department in the previous 12 months
• One of these visits will have been for a mental health and/or addiction problem.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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166 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention arm

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive brief, intensive case management to connect them to health and social services and supports in the community

Treatment:

Other: Coordinated Access to Care from Hospital Emergency Departments

Other: Co-ordinated Access to Care from Hospital Emergency Departments

Counseling and Resource Education (CARE)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will receive care as usual in the community. In addition, participants in this arm will receive an educational session and resource guide outlining available community-based services

Treatment:

Behavioral: Counseling and Resource Education