Frequent Psychiatric Hospitalization Is Highest Among Those With Schizophrenia
The odds of becoming a “high utilizer” of psychiatric hospital services are highest among those with schizophrenia, at 111% higher. The odds of high utilization were 39% higher when the hospitalized person had a co-occurring personality disorder. A high utilizer is someone who has been admitted for an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization three or more times within one year. People with co-occurring intellectual disability were 106% times more likely to be high utilizers. High utilization was more likely for homeless people …
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