Bridging the gap: Virtual psychiatric transition of care from acute to outpatient settings

Table 1 Characteristics among patients enrolled in the virtual psychiatric transition of care program, mean ± SD/n (%)

Characteristics	n = 1382	P value
Age in years	37.9 ± 14.3
Male	702 (50.8)
Ethnicity
Hispanic	99 (7.2)
Non-Hispanic	1261 (91.2)
Unknown	22 (1.6)
Race
African American	596 (43.1)
American Indian/Alaska Native	15 (1.1)
Asian	23 (1.7)
Multi-race	27 (2.0)
Other	3 (0.2)
Unknown	34 (2.5)
White	684 (49.5)
C-SSRS baseline	557 (40.3)
C-SSRS follow-up	51 (3.7)	< 0.001
PHQ-9 baseline	13.6 ± 5
PHQ-9 follow-up	6.6 ± 6.5	< 0.001
Follow-up appointment	940 (68)

C-SSRS: Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire 9.

Table 2 Post-discharge acute care utilization, n (%)

Utilization	n = 1382
45-day utilization to a Behavioral Health Unit or Department of Behavioral Health Emergency
Yes	179 (13.0)
30-day inpatient psychiatric unit utilization
Yes	83 (6.0)
30-day all cause non-elective utilization
Composite, yes	310 (22.4)
Inpatient, yes	105 (7.6)
Observation, yes	37 (2.7)
Department of Emergency, yes	212 (15.3)

Composite: Inpatient or observation or Department of Emergency visit.