1. [Could the day hospital wards be a possibility of reducing treatment costs in psychiatry?].
- Author
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Piotrowski P and Kiejna A
- Subjects
- Catchment Area, Health, Cost Control methods, Cost Savings, Health Care Costs, Hospital Costs, Humans, Mental Health Services economics, Poland, Psychiatric Department, Hospital economics, Day Care, Medical economics, Day Care, Medical methods, Mental Disorders economics, Mental Disorders therapy, Mental Health Services organization & administration, Psychiatric Department, Hospital organization & administration, Psychiatry economics, Psychiatry methods
- Abstract
The aim of the article is a presentation of the possible manner in which cost reduction of psychiatric treatment could be achieved by introducing a day hospital system. Based on literature, a similar improvement in clinical and social outcome between both partial and full hospitalization was shown. The comparison of costs in the studied models of treatment demonstrated a probable level of savings assessed at 20-30% for the day treatment. The presented data obtained from the epidemiologic registry of Lower Silesian district showed a significant increase of hospital admissions of mostly non-psychotic patients--the most cost-saving group of mental dysfunctions while treated in a day hospital. As the cited articles concerned, studies conducted in other countries where the economic environment differs from the Polish one--there is a need of cost comparison between day hospital and inpatient treatment in the country.
- Published
- 2005