Imperial College London
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MrEdgarSamarasundera

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Honorary Research Officer
 
 
 
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Publications

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@article{Green:2012:pubmed/fds071,
author = {Green, SA and Poots, AJ and Marcano-Belisario, J and Samarasundera, E and Green, J and Honeybourne, E and Barnes, R},
doi = {pubmed/fds071},
journal = {Journal of Public Health},
title = {Mapping mental health service access: achieving equity through quality improvement},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fds071},
year = {2012}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPTs) services deliver evidence-based care to people with depression and anxiety. A quality improvement (QI) initiative was undertaken by an IAPT service to improve referrals providing an opportunity to evaluate equitable access.Methods QI methodologies were used by the clinical team to improve referrals to the service. The collection of geo-coded data allowed referrals to be mapped to small geographical areas according to deprivation.Results A total of 6078 patients were referred to the IAPT service during the period of analysis and mapped to120 unique lower super output areas (LSOAs). The average weekly referral rate rose from 17 during the baseline phase to 43 during the QI implementation phase. Spatial analysis demonstrated all 15 of the high deprivation/low referral LSOAs were converted to high deprivation/high or medium referral LSOAs following the QI initiative.Conclusion This work highlights the importance of QI in developing clinical services aligned to the needs of the population through the analysis of routine data matched to health needs. Mapping can be utilized to communicate complex information to inform the planning and organization of clinical service delivery and evaluate the progress and sustainability of QI initiatives.
AU  - Green,SA
AU  - Poots,AJ
AU  - Marcano-Belisario,J
AU  - Samarasundera,E
AU  - Green,J
AU  - Honeybourne,E
AU  - Barnes,R
DO  - pubmed/fds071
PY  - 2012///
TI  - Mapping mental health service access: achieving equity through quality improvement
T2  - Journal of Public Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fds071
ER  -
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