QUALITY ASSURANCE OF HOSPITAL TREATMENT O F DEPRESSED INPATIENTS

Aspects of a Pilot Study on Depression Treatment According to Quality Monitoring and External Quality Assurance:Experiences and results of a pilot study on quality of the treatment of depressed inpatients in 4 different psychiatric hospitals (2 state mental hospitals, 1 universit y clinic, 1 psychiatric clinic at a city general hospital) according t o so-called process and outcome quality, are reported. Outcome data (s elf-ratings, observer rating, clinical global impression admission ver sus discharge, patient satisfaction with treatment, duration of inpati ent stay/and patient data are reported while comparing the 4 hospitals . Difficulties and problems of data collection, assessments and compar ison of 4 different hospitals are discussed.