Involuntary and voluntary psychiatric patients: a pilot study of resource consumption.
This pilot study compares the resources utilized caring for "voluntary" and "involuntary" patients in a community hospital inpatient psychiatric unit. "Voluntary" patients committed less episodes of violence. "Emergency involuntaries" experienced more episodes of restraint and were involved in more violent episodes than "other involuntaries". A critical predictor of behavior was whether patients were brought to the hospital by police. Implications for public policy and psychiatric DRGs (diagnosis related groups) are discussed.
Perlman
B P
BP
Department of Psychiatry, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Yonkers, NY 10701.
Kentera
A
A
Thornton
J C
JC
Griffith
B
B
D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014754:Violence