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"There has been a sharp increase over the past year, due to increased pressure on primary care and increased priority for medical care," said Carolyn Isaksson, chief of psychiatry at McGill. countywide.
So it's the lack of space in psychiatry's end-of-stay care that has forced the Värmland County Council to send more patients with eating disorders to treatment centers abroad. There are four places for patients at risk of eating disorders, but they are busy.
Last year, nursing home bills rose to just over two million crowns and this year to seven million.
– The treatment sites are expensive and it is not the best care, but it is a better care to be at home.
When the county council began its eating disorders, part of its mission was to provide more care to Värmland and reduce the cost of treatment houses. Which according to Carolyn Isaksson has worked well until this year.
Today, the number of patients sent has increased: nine more in 2018 and they stay longer, on average eight months. Each patient has cost an average of one million crowns.
facts:
Cost of treatment houses
2018(September) 7,088,000
2017 2,272,00
2016 2,683,00
2015 1,429,000
2014 1,624,000
Source: Värmland County Council
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