[Development of semi-inpatient care]. / Entwicklung der semistationären Betreuung.

Changes in the concepts of psychiatric care have led to a relaxation of the strict division of care into out-patient and inpatient care. The complex care of patients, the demand for more diagnosis-specific care of good quality require more multifarious kinds of care. Concerning patients which are not in need of the comprehensive care performances necessary to bedridden patients for other specialized fields. As can be seen from literature, this kind of care has not yet taken its due place in practice despite good experience over a period of more than 50 years. This would require unisonous views of semi-in-patient care, its documentation and mode of accounting up to issues of social insurance.