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A sequence analysis of hospitalization patterns and service utilization in patients with major psychiatric disorders in China
- Source :
- BMC Psychiatry, BMC Psychiatry, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Understanding the long-term inpatient service cost and utilization of psychiatric patients may provide insight into service demand for these patients and guide the design of targeted mental health programs. This study assesses 3-year hospitalization patterns and quantifies service utilization intensity of psychiatric patients in Beijing, China. Methods We identified patients admitted for one of three major psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar and depressive disorders) between January 1 and December 31, 2013 in Beijing, China. Inpatient admissions during the following 3 years were extracted and analyzed using sequence analysis. Clinical characteristics, psychiatric and non-psychiatric service use of included patients were analyzed. Results The study included 3443 patients (7657 hospitalizations). The patient hospitalization sequences were grouped into 4 clusters: short stay (N = 2741 (79.61% of patients), who had 126,911 or 26.82% of the hospital days within the sample), repeated long stay (N = 404 (11.73%), 76,915 (16.26%) days), long-term stay (N = 101 (2.93%), 59,909 (12.66%) days) and permanent stay (N = 197 (5.72%), 209,402 (44.26%) days). Length and frequency of hospitalization, as well as readmission rates were significantly different across the 4 clusters. Over the 3-year period, hospitalization days per year decreased for patients in the short stay and repeated long stay clusters. Patients with schizophrenia (1705 (49.52%)) had 78.4% of cumulative psychiatric stays, with 11.14% of them in the permanent stay cluster. Among patients with depression, 23.11% had non-psychiatric hospitalizations, and on average 46.65% of their total inpatient expenses were for non-psychiatric care, the highest among three diagnostic groups. Conclusion Hospitalization patterns varied significantly among psychiatric patients and across diagnostic categories. The high psychiatric care service use of the long-term and permanent stay patients underlines the need for evidence-based interventions to reduce cost and improve care quality.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
China
Psychological intervention
RC435-571
Psychiatric service
Service use
Hospitalization pattern
Service utilization
medicine
Humans
In patient
Psychiatry
Depression (differential diagnoses)
business.industry
Mental Disorders
Research
Psychiatric readmission
Sequence analysis
Length of Stay
medicine.disease
Mental health
Hospitalization
Psychiatry and Mental health
Short stay
Schizophrenia
Beijing
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1471244X
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9f83137978c1314fe4e2177183c5f827