Title |
Predictors of Rehospitalization in High-Utilizing Patients in the VA Psychiatric Medical System
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Published in |
Psychiatric Quarterly, June 2011
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DOI | 10.1007/s11126-011-9182-2 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Nicholas W. Bowersox, Stephen M. Saunders, Bertrand D. Berger |
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. |
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