Home Treatment for Acute Mental Health Care: Protocol for the Financial Outputs, Risks, Efficacy, Satisfaction Index and Gatekeeping of Home Treatment (FORESIGHT) Study

Sara Levati   ^{1 *} , MSc, PhD, RN ;   Zefiro Mellacqua   ^{2 *} , MD, FMH ;   Maria Caiata-Zufferey   ¹ , MSc, PhD ;   Emiliano Soldini   ³ , MSc ;   Emiliano Albanese   ⁴ , MPH, MD, FMH, PhD ;   Maddalena Alippi   ² ;   Emilio Bolla   ² , MD, FMH, PhD ;   Raffaella Ada Colombo   ² , MD ;   Severino Cordasco   ² , MAS, DAS, RN ;   Wolfram Kawohl   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Giuseppina Larghi   ² , MSc, DAS ;   Angela Lisi   ³ , MSc ;   Mario Lucchini   ⁶ , MA, PgDIP, PhD ;   Simona Rossa   ² , MSc, RN ;   Rafael Traber   ^{2 *} , MD, PhD ;   Luca Crivelli   ^{1 *} , MSc, PhD

¹ Competence Centre for Healthcare Practices and Policies, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland

² Organizzazione sociopsichiatrica cantonale, Mendrisio, Switzerland

³ Research Methodology Competence Centre, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland

⁴ Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

⁵ Psychiatric Services Aargau, Argau, Switzerland

⁶ Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy

*these authors contributed equally