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Evidence to Improve Care

Schizophrenia

Care for Adults in Hospitals

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Follow-Up Appointment After Discharge

Adults with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia who are discharged from an inpatient setting have a follow-up appointment within 7 days.


A follow-up appointment after hospitalization helps to support a person’s transition to the community. It can allow for the identification of medication-related issues; it also helps to maintain clinical and functional stability and aims to prevent readmission to hospital.

For Patients

A follow-up appointment after hospitalization helps to support a person’s transition to the community. It can allow for the identification of medication-related issues; it also helps to maintain clinical and functional stability and aims to prevent readmission to hospital.


For Clinicians

Make arrangements for people with schizophrenia who are discharged from hospital to receive a follow-up appointment within 7 days of discharge.


For Health Services

Ensure systems, processes, and resources are in place for health care teams to arrange for a follow-up appointment for people within 7 days of discharge from an inpatient setting.

Process Indicator

Percentage of adults admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia who have a follow-up appointment with a care provider within 7 days of discharge

  • Denominator: total number of adults discharged from an inpatient setting after an admission for a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia

  • Numerator: number of people in the denominator who have a follow-up appointment with a care provider within 7 days of discharge

  • Data source: local data collection, measureable for physicians who bill for services using Ontario Health Insurance (OHIP)


Structural Indicator

Percentage of adults admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia who have a follow-up appointment with a physician (primary care provider or psychiatrist) within 7 days of discharge

  • Denominator: total number of adults discharged from an inpatient setting after an admission for a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia

  • Numerator: number of people in the denominator who have a follow-up appointment with a physician (primary care provider or psychiatrist) within 7 daysof discharge

  • Data sources: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s Discharge Abstract Database or Ontario Mental Health Reporting System, and OHIP

Follow-up appointment

This visit can be with either:

  • A trained peer support worker or

  • A registered or unregistered professional (e.g., case worker, social worker, psychologist, nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, general or family practitioner, or psychiatrist)

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