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Day Patient versus In-patient: Factors Determining Selection of Acutely Ill Patients for Hospital Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. Philbin Bowman ,
R. K. Shelley ,
A. Sheehy-Skeffington  and
K. Sinanan
E. Philbin Bowman
Affiliation:
Department of Child Psychiatry, Eastern Health Board, James's Street, Dublin 8
R. K. Shelley
Affiliation:
Trinity College, Dublin
A. Sheehy-Skeffington
Affiliation:
Irish Marketing Surveys, Dublin
K. Sinanan
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
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Summary

In a prospective study the criteria and characteristics associated with the admission of acutely ill psychiatric patients to in-patient or day hospital care were examined. Over a four-month period, 54 patients were admitted to hospital and 43 to a day hospital. There were significantly more schizophrenics in the hospital. Day hospital patients were significantly younger, had shorter psychiatric histories, were considered less severely ill and had more insight into their illness. Hospital patients had poorer employment histories, and perceived their families as less supportive; admission had more often been requested by them or their families.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 6 , June 1983 , pp. 584 - 587
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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