Differentiating psychiatric readmissions from nonreadmissions.
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 54 (3) , 426-435
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01508.x
Abstract
This study tracked a cohort of 550 discharged state hospital patients through an entire publicly-funded mental health aftercare system. Data from hospital and community agency records indicate that neither social-demographic nor clinical characteristics successfully differentiated psychiatric readmissions from nonreadmissions. Use of aftercare services--in terms of the variety available and their relevance to discharged patients' assessed needs--had the greatest influence on predicting the likelihood of readmission.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ohio Department of Mental Health (81-326)
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