Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

12 p.

Publication Date

3-2012

Publisher

Springer

Source Publication

Psychiatric Quarterly

Source ISSN

1573-6709

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1007/s11126-011-9182-2

Abstract

233 high-service-utilizing (HSU) psychiatric patients were recruited during an inpatient psychiatric treatment. They completed a questionnaire related to their treatment beliefs and were tracked via computerized medical records over 2 years. During the follow-up period, 79.8% were readmitted for additional inpatient psychiatric treatment. Survival analysis techniques were used to examine patients’ rates of readmittance during the follow-up period. Number of previous year inpatient psychiatric days served as a significant predictor of readmittance status and time to readmission. The survival plot was split by previous-year inpatient days to examine the effect of this variable on readmission. Implications of findings are discussed.

Comments

Accepted version. Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 83, No. 1 (March 2012): 53-64. DOI. © 2012 Springer. Used with permission.

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