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Patterns of Service Provision in Older People’s Mental Health Care in Australia

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  • Hossein Tabatabaei-Jafari

    (Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia)

  • Jose A. Salinas-Perez

    (Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
    Department of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 41704 Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Spain)

  • Mary Anne Furst

    (Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia)

  • Nasser Bagheri

    (Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia)

  • John Mendoza

    (Mental Health & Prison Health, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
    Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia)

  • David Burke

    (Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Notre Dame, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia)

  • Peter McGeorge

    (Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Notre Dame, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia)

  • Luis Salvador-Carulla

    (Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
    Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia)

Abstract

Australia has a population of around 4 million people aged 65 years and over, many of whom are at risk of developing cognitive decline, mental illness, and/or psychological problems associated with physical illnesses. The aim of this study was to describe the pattern of specialised mental healthcare provision (availability, placement capacity, balance of care and diversity) for this age group in urban and rural health districts in Australia. The Description and Evaluation of Services and DirectoriEs for Long Term Care (DESDE-LTC) tool was used in nine urban and two rural health districts of the thirty-one Primary Health Networks across Australia. For the most part service provision was limited to hospital and outpatient care across all study areas. The latter was mainly restricted to health-related outpatient care, and there was a relative lack of social outpatient care. While both acute and non-acute hospital care were available in urban areas, in rural areas hospital care was limited to acute care. Limited access to comprehensive mental health care, and the uniformity in provision across areas in spite of differences in demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics raises issues of equity in regard to psychogeriatric care in this country. Comparing patterns of mental health service provision across the age span using the same classification method allows for a better understanding of care provision and gap analysis for evidence-informed policy.

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  • Hossein Tabatabaei-Jafari & Jose A. Salinas-Perez & Mary Anne Furst & Nasser Bagheri & John Mendoza & David Burke & Peter McGeorge & Luis Salvador-Carulla, 2020. "Patterns of Service Provision in Older People’s Mental Health Care in Australia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(22), pages 1-18, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:22:p:8516-:d:446425
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