Variation in the use of compulsory community treatment orders between district health boards in New Zealand.

Mathew LeesGiles Newton-HowesChris FramptonBen Beaglehole

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2023)

CTO use increases with Maori ethnicity, young adulthood, and deprivation. Adjusting for socio-demographic factors does not explain the wide variation in CTO use between DHBs in New Zealand. Other regional factors appear to be the major driver of variation in CTO use.

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