Background
Methods
Research objectives
Eligibility criteria
Study designs
Participants
Interventions
Comparators
Outcomes
Primary outcomes
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Hospital admission rate (e.g. 30-day admission rate)
Secondary outcomes
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Hospital length of stay (e.g. mean number of hospital bed days)
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Emergency department (ED) presentations (e.g. mean number of ED presentations, proportion of ED presentations resulting in hospital admission)
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Home treatment/crisis team presentations (e.g. team referrals and admissions)
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Number of days treated by home treatment/crisis teams
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Admissions to and number of days in crisis houses
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Detention in hospital under mental health law
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Adverse events (e.g. complications, mortality)
Search strategy
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EMBASE [OVID]
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CINAHL [EbscoHost]
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition [EbscoHost]
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MEDLINE [OVID]
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Nursing & Allied Health Database [ProQuest]
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Ovid Nursing [Ovid]
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global [ProQuest]
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PsychINFO [Ovid]
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PubMed [NCBI]
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The Cochrane Library
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Web of Science [Thomson Reuters]