title: [Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Acceptance of a New Ambulatory Care System].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a new ambulatory care system in outpatient child and adolescent psychiatry based on the web-based Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA).
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed patient paths (flows), acceptance, satisfaction, and staff costs in the newly implemented care model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The new model was very well accepted by the respondents (DAWBA response rate: 92 %). A third of the patients registered with the psychiatric service in 2012 were not in need of psychiatric treatment and were therefore referred to other psycho-social services. The additional staff costs of $ 200 per case might be low compared to the saved costs due to the avoidance of inappropriate medical care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new ambulatory care model proved to be effective, efficient and broadly accepted when resources are strictly limited.
authors: Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrischer Dienst, Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG (PDAG), Brugg, Schweiz.
authors: Raphael
authors: R
authors: Eisenring
authors: Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrischer Dienst des Kantons Zürich, Regionalstelle Wetzikon, Schweiz.
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Kuhn
authors: Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrischer Dienst, Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG (PDAG), Brugg, Schweiz.
authors: Süsette
authors: S
authors: Rusterholz Fend
authors: Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrischer Dienst, Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG (PDAG), Brugg, Schweiz.
authors: Jürg
authors: J
authors: Unger-Köppel
authors: Externer Psychiatrischer Dienst, Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG (PDAG), Brugg, Schweiz.
authors: Niklaus
authors: N
authors: Stulz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017046:Cost Savings; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000191:economics; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D013557:Switzerland; D014218:Triage / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration