title: [Economic impact of consultation-liaison psychiatry in a French University Hospital Centre].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In times of fiscal restraint for health structures, apart from the clinical input, it seems important to discuss the economic impact of liaison psychiatry. There are only a few studies on the economic added value provided by a liaison psychiatry team. In addition to this, only a few psychiatric pathologies are coded as they should be, hence we make the assumption of an additional development provided by a specialised team.
  
  
  METHODS
  Over a short period of 4months, in three departments of the Toulouse University Hospital Centre, the added value to the general pricing system of liaison psychiatry was studied. The population was represented by all the consecutive requests for consultations from patients over 18years old, men and women, hospitalised at that time. These three departments frequently request consultations with the psychiatry liaison team. They set a diagnostic, and if this is associated with a higher Homogeneous Group of Patients (HGP), it provides added value.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-two patients benefited from a psychiatric consultation over 4months. The results highlight a development of € 8630.43 for the traumatology department, € 3325.03 for the internal medicine department, and € 513.61 for the haematology department over the study period. The overall development over this period was € 12,469.07.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, this approach is one of the first in France to highlight an economic impact of the intervention of liaison psychiatry in the claiming departments.
authors.affiliation: Pôle de psychiatrie, CHU de Toulouse-Purpan-Casselardit, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31300 Toulouse, France. Electronic address: antoineyrondi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yrondi
authors.affiliation: Pôle de psychiatrie, CHU de Toulouse-Purpan-Casselardit, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31300 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petiot
authors.affiliation: Pôle de psychiatrie, CHU de Toulouse-Purpan-Casselardit, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31300 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arbus
authors.affiliation: Pôle de psychiatrie, CHU de Toulouse-Purpan-Casselardit, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31300 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schmitt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000191:economics; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Added value; Consultation-liaison psychiatry; Economy; Psychiatrie de liaison; Valeur ajoutée; Économie