A methodology for timing reviews of inpatient hospital stay

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-201

  Page, Andrew C ^a   Hooke, Geoff R ^b   Rampono, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Perth Radiological Clinic   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hospital admission; Length of stay; Mental health; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIST; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

ADULT; CONCURRENT REVIEW; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 15844410173     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01544.x     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Miller RH, Luft HS. Managed care plan performance since 1980. Journal of the American Medical Association 1994; 271:1512-1519.
2. Sledge WH, Tebes J, Rakfeldt J, Davidson L, Lyons L, Druss B. Day hospital/crisis respite care versus inpatient care, part I. clinical outcomes. American Journal of Psychiatry 1996; 153:1065-1073.
3. Sledge WH, Tebes J, Wolff N, Helminiak TW. Day hospital/crisis respite care versus inpatient care, part II: service utilization and costs. American Journal of Psychiatry 1996; 153:1074-1083.
4. Lieberman PB, Wiitala SA, Elliott B, Mccormick S, Goyette SB. Decreasing length of stay: are there effects on outcomes of psychiatric hospitalization? American Journal of Psychiatry 1998; 155:905-909.
5. Hickie I, Burke D, Tobin M, Mutch C. The impact of the organization of mental health services on the quality of assessment provided to older patients with depression. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2000; 34:748-753.
6. Kasarabada ND, Anglin E, Khalsa-Denison A, Paredes A. Differential effects of treatment modality on psychosocial functioning in cocaine-dependent men. Journal of Clinical Psychology 1999; 55:257-274.
7. Moos RH, Finney JW, Moos BS. Inpatient substance abuse care and the outcome of subsequent community residential and outpatient care. Addiction 2000; 95:833-846.
8. Hooke GR, Page AC. Predicting outcomes of group cognitive behaviour therapy for patients with affective and neurotic disorders. Behavior Modification 2002; 5:648-658.
9. Page AC, Hooke G. Outcomes for depressed and anxious inpatients discharged before or after group cognitive behavior therapy: a naturalistic comparison. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2003; 191:653-659.
10. Page AC, Hooke GR, Rutherford E. Measuring mental health outcomes in a private psychiatric clinic: Health of the Nation Outcome Scales and Medical Outcomes Short Form SF36. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2001; 35:377-381.
11. Priest RG, Fineberg N, Merson S, Kurian T. Length of stay of acute psychiatric in-patients: an exponential model. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1995; 92:315-317.
12. Stevens A, Hammer K, Buchkremer G. A statistical model for length of psychiatric in-patient treatment and an analysis of contributing factors. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2001; 103:203-211.
13. National Centre for Classification in Health Publications. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM). 3rd edn. Geneva: National Centre for Classification in Health Publications, 2002.
14. Marshall M, Crowther R, Almarez-Serrano A et al. Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of day care for people with severe mental disorders: (1) acute day hospital versus admission; (2) vocational rehabilitation; (3) day hospital versus outpatient care. Health Technology Assessment 2001; 5:1-75.
15. Flannigan CB, Glover GR, Wing JK, Lewis SW, Bebbington PE, Feeney ST. Inner London collaborative audit of admission in two health districts III: reasons for admission to psychiatric wards. British Journal of Psychiatry 1994; 165:750-759.