Studying inpatient treatment practices in schizophrenia: An integrated methodology
| Autor: | Mark Olfson, Stephen Hansell, Carol A. Boyer, David Mechanic, Sarah Rosenfield, James Walkup, Sara L. Kellermann |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Quality Assurance Health Care Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) New York Hospitals General Patient Admission Nursing Ambulatory care Health care medicine Humans Psychiatry Patient Care Team Medicaid business.industry Public health Continuity of Patient Care Length of Stay Middle Aged Combined Modality Therapy Long-Term Care Mental health Patient Discharge United States Psychiatry and Mental health Long-term care Treatment Outcome Schizophrenia Female Schizophrenic Psychology business Diagnosis of schizophrenia |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatric Quarterly. 66:293-320 |
| ISSN: | 1573-6709 0033-2720 |
| Popis: | A multi-phase research project examining current inpatient psychiatric practices and the relationships between different treatments and patient outcomes is described. The study sample includes Medicaid patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who have been treated in inpatient units of general hospitals in New York State. The research is focused at the heart of the debate concerning the appropriate role of inpatient psychiatric care within a balanced system of mental health services. Addressed are the conceptual issues that guided the project, research strategies, instrument development, measures used and the preliminary findings that informed successive phases. Design issues are reviewed in light of the conceptual and pragmatic decisions made with a multiple site design. A compelling argument is made about the need for a long-term treatment orientation that prepares patients for what lies ahead and that assures communication and continuity between inpatient and outpatient care. |
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