The introduction of the practice nurse mental health in general practices in the Netherlands: effects on number of diagnoses of chronic and acute alcohol abuse

Since 2008 mental health practice nurses have been gradually introduced in general practices in the Netherlands as part of health policy aiming to improve early identification and treatment of mental health problems in primary care. This study aims to investigate the effect of the introduction of th...

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Published in:BMC family practice 2019-04, Vol.20 (1), p.48-9, Article 48
Main Authors: Abidi, L, Oenema, A, Verhaak, P, Tan, F E S, van de Mheen, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol use
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - diagnosis
Care and treatment
Collaborative care
Diagnosis
Drinking (Alcoholic beverages)
Electronic health records
Family medicine
General Practice - organization & administration
General practitioners
Health care policy
Health care reform
Health policy
Humans
Linear Models
Management
Medical diagnosis
Medical records
Mental health
Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Multivariate Analysis
Netherlands
Nurse-led care
Nurses
Nursing research
Patients
Practice
Practice nurse mental health
Primary care
Primary care nursing
Primary Health Care - organization & administration
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychologists
Substance abuse treatment
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Summary:Since 2008 mental health practice nurses have been gradually introduced in general practices in the Netherlands as part of health policy aiming to improve early identification and treatment of mental health problems in primary care. This study aims to investigate the effect of the introduction of the practice nurse mental health in general practices in the Netherlands on the number of diagnoses of chronic and acute alcohol abuse. The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL) retrieved data of a representative sample of general practices (n = 155) for this study. Data were aligned at the starting point of the implementation of the PN-MH to compare the practices on our outcome measures after implementation of the PN-MH. Multilevel regression analyses were conducted to investigate differences in average number of chronic and acute alcohol abuse diagnoses between practices with a practice nurse mental health and control practices (without a practice nurse mental health and without a primary care psychologists). A significant decrease over time of chronic alcohol abuse diagnoses was observed (ß = -.52, p 
ISSN:1471-2296
1471-2296
DOI:10.1186/s12875-019-0938-3