How long is the average mental health hospital stay?
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During an ACS hospitalization, patients with mental disorders have longer length of stay and higher hospital cost than other patients. | |
76 Citations | Psychiatric comorbidity, previously well documented as contributing to increased length of stay in the general hospital, is associated with increased hospital utilization for at least 4 years after discharge. |
Medical and surgical hospitalizations with comorbid mental health conditions were associated with longer hospital stay and higher hospital costs. | |
The root-mean-square-error was 40 days. Prospectively defining reimbursement per case might not be feasible in mental health because length of stay cannot be predicted by patient characteristics. | |
24 Citations | For the majority of youth with acute psychiatric illness, a relatively short stay in hospital is feasible, because most health gains tend to occur early during an admission. |
32 Citations | Mood and psychotic disorders have shown to lengthen the stay in an acute psychiatric hospital. |
63 Citations | Two hypotheses were tested: (1) the length of stay is shorter in a community-based system than in a hospital-based system; and (2) the risk of rehospitalization is independent of the characteristics of the mental health system, so that risk is expected to be similar in areas with community-based and hospital-based systems. |
13 Citations | Length of hospital stay is a crucial factor in a cost-effective mental health care organization. |
20 Citations | Studies of mental hospital closure have shown that care in the community is generally preferred by patients, although for the “old long stay” the total costs are broadly similar. |
106 Citations | AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS The effects of hospital care and the length of stay is important for mental health policy. |
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