Henvisende instanser og bruk av tvang

Legevakten henviser ikke pasienter oftere unødig til tvangsinnleggelse enn fastleger, spesialisthelsetjenesten i psykiatri og andre spesialiserte helsetjenester. Det skriver NAPHA.

There was no statistically significant difference between the referring agents concerning proportion of patients accepted for involuntary psychiatric care. However, the casualty clinics used coercion more frequently than the other referring agents and had a higher proportion of conversions of legal basis.