Short vs Long Hospitalization

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Abstract
Although inpatient hospitalization of very short duration for schizophrenia is currently a widely prevalent treatment approach in the United States, there are few controlled studies of such treatment. Furthermore, there are no controlled studies comparing short-term (defined here as 21 to 28 days) with long-term (defined here as 90 to 120 days) inpatient treatment. This study has been designed to try to answer, in part, the following question: What is the relative clinical cost-effectiveness of short-term hospitalization as an alternative to long-term hospitalization for schizophrenic patients in need of hospital care and for whom both types of treatment are judged clinically feasible?