Determinants of treatment non-attendance among those referred to primary mental health care services in Western Sydney, Australia: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recommendations of the recent mental health reforms provided an opportunity to implement regional approaches to service provision through Primary Health Networks. This study is designed to identify the determinants of sociodemographic, diagnostic and referral-level factors and first treatment session non-attendance among those referred to primary mental health care (PMHC) services in Western Sydney, Australia.

Design

This study used routinely collected retrospective PMHC data between July 2016 and December 2018.

Setting

The study was based on a geographical catchment that covers four local government areas of Blacktown, Parramatta, Cumberland and Hills Shire in Western Sydney, Australia.

Participants

All individuals 5 years of age or older referred t

SUBMITTER: Munasinghe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592298 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature