title: Sociodemographic characteristics and length of psychiatric hospital stay: application of a proportional hazards model.
abstract: A proportional hazards model was used to analyze effects of sociodemographic variables on length of hospital stay in psychiatric patients. Marital status and socioeconomic status had a significant influence in psychotic patients, but not in neuroses. A significant time dependency of hazard rate was also found.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, West Germany.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Laessle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yassouridis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pfister
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors