Background Readmission rate is considered an indicator of the mental health care quality.
Previous studies have examined a number of factors that are likely to influence readmission …

BackgroundSecure hospitals are a high-cost, low-volume service consuming around a fifth
of the overall mental health budget in England and Wales. AimsA systematic review and …

Early return to hospital is a frequently measured outcome in mental health system
performance monitoring yet its validity for evaluating quality of inpatient care is unclear. This …

The present study focused on identifying risk factors for early readmission of patients
discharged from an urban community hospital. Retrospective chart reviews were conducted …

Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) are at high risk of psychiatric readmission
while the factors associated with such adverse illness trajectories and the impact of the …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess re-hospitalization rates of individuals with
psychosis and bipolar disorder and to study determinants of readmission. METHODS …

Objective: This case-control study explored factors associated with mul-tiple psychiatric
admissions, focusing on service-related and individuallevel factors. Methods: The case …

Background The reduction of multiple psychiatric hospitalizations is an important clinical
challenge in mental health care. In fact, psychiatric re-hospitalization negatively affects the …

Setting All acute admissions to the Department of Psychiatry at the Haukeland University
Hospital in Bergen, Norway, which has a catchment area of 400,000 inhabitants, were …

Repeated psychiatric readmissions are a particular challenge in the treatment of substance
use disorders and are associated with substantial burden for patients and their associates …