Patient-predicted length of stay and diagnosis-related-group reimbursement

Comparing patient-predicted to actual length of stay of 127 general psychiatric inpatients, the authors found excessive length of stay among demented geriatric patients and young patients with personality disorders. They recommend altering treatment provision to reduce stays to diagnosis-related-gro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of psychiatry 1985-03, Vol.142 (3), p.369-371
Hauptverfasser:	MASON, J. C, LOUKS, J, BACKUS, F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Attitude to Health Biological and medical sciences Dementia - diagnosis Dementia - psychology Dementia - therapy Diagnosis-Related Groups Female Humans Length of Stay Male Medical sciences Mental Disorders - diagnosis Mental Disorders - psychology Mental Disorders - therapy Mental health Patient Dropouts Patient Readmission Personality Disorders - diagnosis Personality Disorders - psychology Personality Disorders - therapy Probability Prospective Payment System Psychiatric Department, Hospital Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Reimbursement Mechanisms Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
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Zusammenfassung:	Comparing patient-predicted to actual length of stay of 127 general psychiatric inpatients, the authors found excessive length of stay among demented geriatric patients and young patients with personality disorders. They recommend altering treatment provision to reduce stays to diagnosis-related-group standards.
ISSN:	0002-953X 1535-7228
DOI:	10.1176/ajp.142.3.369