Abstract
Objective: Predictors for readmission risk were investigated in this study, which forms part of the Nordic Comparative Study on Sectorized Psychiatry.
Method: Included were a total of 837 consecutive 'new' patients (not in contact with the psychiatric services for at least 18 months) admitted to in-patient stay during a period of 1 year to seven psychiatric hospitals in four Nordic countries.
Results: Multivariate survival analyses showed that younger age predicted increased readmission risk. Stratifying on gender, diagnostic group and sector revealed a general pattern concerning age which was the only consistent main effect. Living alone and unemployed increased readmission risk in the non-psychosis group, while receipt of aftercare decreased readmission risk in the psychosis group. A curvilinear relationship was found between availability of psychiatric resources and readmission risk: an intermediate amount of resources was associated with increased risk.
Conclusion: Our findings support a hyphothesis that readmission risk is multifactorially determined and that interactions have to be considered.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 367-373 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - May-2000 |
Keywords
- hospitalization
- length of stay
- psychiatry
- readmission
- survival analysis
- INPATIENT STAY
- MENTAL-HEALTH
- RECIDIVISM
- CARE
- SCHIZOPHRENIA
- PATTERNS
- LENGTH
- REHOSPITALIZATION
- RESOURCES
- SERVICES