title: [Acute day hospital as a cost-effective alternative to inpatient therapy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This is a study of the cost-benefit advantage of the model project acute day hospital (ATK) compared to inpatient care.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was performed retrospectively and examined the direct costs and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) in a matched sample.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The day clinic treatment compared to inpatient therapy showed at a cost benefit of 2.68: 1 at a slightly delayed increase in GAF-value.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment in ATK is more than twice as cheap compared to inpatient treatment, but at a slightly slower improvement in symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik/Zentrum für Soziale Psychiatrie, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, Militärstrasse 8, 8021, Zürich, Schweiz. kunigunde.pausch@puk.zh.ch.
authors.forename: Kunigunde
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pausch
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik/Zentrum für Soziale Psychiatrie, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, Militärstrasse 8, 8021, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nordt
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau (PDAG), Aargau, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Eva-Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Pichler
authors.affiliation: Forensisch-Psychiatrischer Dienst (FPD), Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Bern, Bern, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Warnke
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik/Zentrum für Soziale Psychiatrie, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, Militärstrasse 8, 8021, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seifritz
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau (PDAG), Aargau, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kawohl
keywords: Acute day hospital; Clinical outcome; Comparability; Costs; Psychiatric patients