Duración de días de hospitalización psiquiátrica en pacientes con diagnósticos GES con y sin comorbilidades
Length of stay in psychiatric hospitalization in patients with GES diagnoses and its comorbidities
Rev. chil. neuro-psiquiatr; 54 (1), 2016
Publication year: 2016
There are several descriptive studies of the use of mental health Services in the population served in the public system, however there are few references concerning the private system.
Objective:
To characterize a population with GES mental health pathology admitted in private mental health system in relation to the length of stay.Material and Methods:
Medical charts were reviewed for 1,544 patients discharged from hospital admissions in private mental health centers.The following variables were recorded:
age at diagnosis, sex, length of stay, number of hospitalizations and multiaxial diagnosis.Results:
The average hospital stay for the sample was 21.05 days. The average hospital stay of men was 3.71 ± 2.46 days more than average women (p = 0.05). The average LOS was higher in younger patients. With regards to axis I, 68.52% of patients had severe major depression, 21.87% bipolar disorder in severe depressive phase and 6.87% schizophrenia. Axis I comorbidity was present in 17.94% of the sample. For Axis II, 57.97% of patients had personality disorders, with the borderline personality being the most frequent in both sexes (51.06% of patients with disorder of personality). The analysis of information shows that comorbidities did not significantly influence average days of hospitalization.Conclusions:
This study is contributes to estimate the costs and the average stay in inpatient GES mental health patients in the private system.
Existen diversos estudios descriptivos del uso de servicios de Salud Mental en la población atendida en el sistema público, sin embargo, se encuentran pocas referencias respecto al sistema privado.