A controlled study of transitional day care for non-chronically-ill patients.
The authors randomly assigned 79 inpatients with nonchronic schizophrenia or affective disorder to either an intensive experimental day program called "transitional treatment" or a control treatment--weekly clinically believed to require intensive posthospital treatment to make the transition to the community. Although initially there was a significantly higher dropout rate from the control condition, at the point of discharge from the two programs as well as at 6- and 12-month follow-up there was no difference in outcome. Direct costs for the transitional treatment, however, were much higher.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000191:economics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*