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Readmissions to a General Hospital's Psychiatric Unit
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This article is published in Psychiatric Services.The article was published on 1984-02-01. It has received 13 citations till now.read more
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Psychiatric severity of illness. A case mix study.
TL;DR: It is found that four Psychiatric Severity of Illness groups explained between 34% and 50% of the variation in length of stay of the combined hospital data in MDC 19, whereas nine DRGs explained between 6% and 14%.
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Rapid versus delayed readmission in first-admission psychosis: quality indicators for managed care?
TL;DR: The results suggest that managed care protocols aimed at preventing rapid readmission may require specific symptom assessment and pharmacotherapeutic intervention during the initial hospitalization.
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High risk factors for rehospitalization within six months
TL;DR: Global assessments and demographic information collected during an index admission can generate factors to identify patients at risk for rehospitalization within six months, and history of prior admissions and non-compliance with outpatient treatment, reported as risk factors in urban settings, were found also to be risk Factors in a rural region.
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Rehospitalization of Psychiatric Patients in a Managed Care Environment
TL;DR: Readmitted patients were more likely to have at least one previous psychiatric hospitalization, be unemployed, be participating in day treatment, and receiving medicare and social security disability insurance.
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The nature and effectiveness of general hospital psychiatric services.
TL;DR: Evidence is particularly needed about the relative clinical and cost-effectiveness of general hospital treatment vis-a-vis that of other inpatient and community alternatives and the effect of a general hospital's organizational characteristics upon the manner it structures and delivers psychiatric care.