Identifying alternatives to old age psychiatry inpatient admission: an application of the balance of care approach to health and social care planning

Table 5 Characteristics of the 17 inpatient case types depicted in the vignettes

Case type	Broad diagnosis	Main reason for admission	Challenging behaviour	Resident carer	% Appropriateness score
1	Depression/anxiety	Risk of deliberate self-harm	Low	Yes	73.8
2	Depression/anxiety	Risk of deliberate self-harm	Low	No	95.4
3	Depression/anxiety	Risk of deliberate self-harm	Medium	Yes	56.0
4	Depression/anxiety	Risk of deliberate self-harm	Medium	No	78.9
6	Depression/anxiety	Other risks	Medium	Yes	26.2
7	Depression/anxiety	Other risks	Medium	No	54.4
9	Depression/anxiety	Behaviour management related	Medium	Yes	48.0
10	Depression/anxiety	Behaviour management related	Medium	No	28.3
16	Depression/anxiety	Assessment/treatment/check medication	Medium	No	33.3
21	Organic	Other risks	Medium	Yes	35.7
22	Organic	Other risks	Medium	No	41.3
26	Organic	Behaviour management related	Medium	Yes	23.8
28a^a	Organic	Behaviour management related	High	Yes	28.6
28b^a	Organic	Behaviour management related	High	Yes	53.8
29	Organic	Assessment/treatment/check medication	Medium	Yes	50.0
31	Organic	Assessment/treatment/check medication	High	Yes	11.8
40	Other	Behaviour management related	Medium	Yes	44.4

^aPeople in case types 28a and 28b were admitted from home and care homes respectively

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