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    Assertive community treatment as a strategy to reduce hospital admissions in patients with severe mental disorders
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-11-17) Carpio Rios, Sheila Paola; Chahua Berto, Lizzet Marjory; Avila Vargas Machuca, Jeannette Giselle
    Objective: Systematize the evidence on the effectiveness of assertive community treatment as a strategy to reduce hospital admission in patients with severe mental disorder. Material and Methods: Systematic observational and retrospective review, subjected to analytical reading and using the GRADE evaluation system to recognize the level of evidence of the articles published in the following databases: Epistemonikos, Researchgate, PubMed and Scielo. Of the 10 articles systematically reviewed, 100% were of high quality, as described below: 10% (n= 1/10) are meta-analysis, 20% (n= 1/10) systematic review, 20% (n = 2/10) randomized controlled trial, 60% of moderate quality, 10% (n= 1/10) case control, 10% (n= 1/10) is quasi-experimental and 40% (n= 4/10) are cohort studies and belong to the countries of Spain (30%), Denmark (20%), Netherlands (10%), South Africa (10%) , Singapore (10%), China (10%) and Norway (10%). Results: 100% (n=10/10) indicate that assertive community treatment as a strategy is effective in reducing hospital admission in patients with severe mental disorder. Conclusion: assertive community treatment as a strategy is effective in reducing hospital admission in patients with severe mental disorder.