Long-stay patients discharged from psychiatric hospitals

Discharged Long Stay Follow Ups

State hospitals were once the most prominent components of U.S. public mental health systems. But a major focus of mental health policy over the past fifty years has been to close these facilities. These efforts led to a 95 percent reduction in the country’s state hospital population. However, more than 200 state hospitals remain open, serving a declining but challenging patient population. Usi...

Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Discharged from US Short-stay Hospitals, 1996–20031

US hospital discharges for which Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) was listed as any diagnosis doubled from 82,000 (95% confidence interval [CI] 71,000-94,000) or 31/100,000 population in 1996 to 178,000 (95% CI 151,000-205,000) or 61/100,000 in 2003; this increase was significant between 2000 and 2003 (slope of linear trend 9.48; 95% CI 6.16-12.80, p = 0.01). The overall rate dur...

What has happened to patients from long-stay psychiatric wards?

Evidence bearing on the issue of what happens to patients from long-stay psychiatric wards in Britain is scarce. The results of a particularly well-planned resettlement programme may not be representative of the outcome from general policies of discharge from all psychiatric hospitals. The present study was undertaken in Sheffield to find the whereabouts of patients from long-stay wards after e...

Detailed diagnoses and procedures for patients discharged from short-stay hospitals. United States, 1985.

Antipsychotic Medication Prescribing Practices Among Adult Patients Discharged From State Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitals

OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to explore antipsychotic medication prescribing practices in a sample of 86,034 patients discharged from state psychiatric inpatient hospitals and to find the prevalence of patients discharged with no antipsychotic medications, on antipsychotic monotherapy, and on antipsychotic polypharmacy. For patients discharged on antipsychotic polypharmacy, the study e...