Mental Health Surveillance at federal state level - Reporting on psychiatry in Bavaria

Daniela Blank; Rebekka Redel; Martin Tauscher; Joseph Kuhn

doi:10.25646/8859

Mental Health Surveillance at federal state level - Reporting on psychiatry in Bavaria

J Health Monit. 2021 Dec 8;6(4):64-70. doi: 10.25646/8859. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Daniela Blank¹, Rebekka Redel², Martin Tauscher², Joseph Kuhn¹

Affiliations

¹ Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority.
² Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Bavaria.

PMID: 35146321
PMCID: PMC8734076
DOI: 10.25646/8859

Abstract

In Germany, mental health reporting is organised at the federal, federal state and municipal level. At federal level, a number of concepts and approaches are implemented. In 2020 and 2021, in accordance with Article 4 of the Mental Health Assistance Act the first Bavarian Psychiatry Report was prepared. Important data bases include the billing and care data of Bavaria's Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and the administrative data of the Bavarian districts. The aim is to enhance coordination between these federal state projects and Mental Health Surveillance at national level, in particular regarding the use of health care data.

Keywords: BAVARIA; HEALTH REPORTING; INDICATORS; MENTAL HEALTH; REPORTING ON PSYCHIATRY.