Hospital length of stay and readmission for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia : Existe-t-il un lien entre la durée du séjour à l'hópital et la réadmission pour les personnes ayant un diagnostic de schizophrénie?

The time to readmission was calculated as the number of days between the initial discharge and a subsequent unplanned readmission for mental illness. [...] Since the readmission categories are mutually exclusive, individuals that are readmitted are not included in subsequent categories; therefore the analysis only considered the first readmission to hospital following the initial hospital stay in the period of interest. [...] In each of the three categories, the average length of the initial hospital stay was shorter for individuals who were eventually readmitted than for those who were not. [...] Statistical models were developed to examine the relationship between hospital LOS and readmission more thoroughly.i The models tested the relationship between LOS for each of the readmission categories while controlling for gender, comorbid substance disorder status, age and province of residence. [...] In addition to the availability of community care and access to anti-psychotic medications, considering the length of hospital stay can assist clinicians in assessing the likelihood of costly readmission to hospital for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia.9, 10 These findings should be considered in the context of the decreasing duration of inpatient stays for mental illness that has been obs