Predictors of long-term outcome for veterans participating in a day-hospital program.
While recent studies have investigated the relationship between patient characteristics and immediate treatment outcome in day-hospital treatment, none have investigated the relationship between these variables and long-term outcome. the present study attempts to expand upon previous research by including long-term follow-up variables based on posttreatment psychiatric hospitalization. A total of 96% of the admissions to a DVAMC Day Hospital Program in 1985 was reviewed retrospectively and for a 4-year follow-up. As with previous studies, the only consistent predictor of both immediate and long-term treatment outcome in day-hospital treatment was the number of pretreatment psychiatric hospitalizations. Immediate treatment and long-term treatment outcomes were also significantly associated, but variables which predicted the former did not necessarily predict the latter.
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D000328:Adult; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*