Open AccessThe 23-Hour Observation Unit Admissions Within the Emergency Service at a National Tertiary Psychiatric Hospital
Author(s) -
Daw San San Thinn,
Carissa Nadia Kuswanto,
Min Yi Sum,
Suet Bin Chai,
Doris Koh,
Changqing Xu,
Alex Su,
Somnath Sengupta,
Rajesh Jacob,
Kang Sim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.15m01789
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , global assessment of functioning , emergency medicine , logistic regression , anxiety , medical record , emergency department , mental health , medical diagnosis , intensive care unit , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pathology
We examined health care utilization, clinical profiles (such as sociodemographic features, clinical severity), and outcomes (inpatient admission, revisit within 24 hours of discharge) of patients who were admitted to a 23-hour observation unit within the emergency service of a tertiary psychiatric hospital and hypothesized that a specific clinical profile (greater clinical severity, lower psychosocial functioning) predicted subsequent inpatient hospitalization.