Predictors of rehospitalization in high-utilizing patients in the VA psychiatric medical system. Psychiatr Q 2012 Mar;83(1):53-64
Date
06/28/2011Pubmed ID
21701913DOI
10.1007/s11126-011-9182-2Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84857900648 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 18 CitationsAbstract
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.
Author List
Bowersox NW, Saunders SM, Berger BDAuthor
Bertrand D. Berger PhD Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Emergency Services, PsychiatricFemale
Follow-Up Studies
Health Behavior
Humans
Male
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Patient Readmission
Psychiatric Department, Hospital
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survival Analysis
Time Factors
Veterans
