Table 3 Patient and treatment characteristics of all admissions in a locally institutionalized versus a deinstitutionalized system of mental health services
From: Local psychiatric beds appear to decrease the use of involuntary admission: a case-registry study
Service system | Â | Deinstitutionalized | Locally institutionalized |
|---|---|---|---|
N | Â | 2022 | 3316 |
Age (mean) |  | 38.0 (Sd = 13.3)** | 39.5(Sd = 13.1)** |
Gender | Female | 1118 (55.3%)** | 1988 (60.0%)** |
Male | 904 (44.7%)** | 1328 (40.0%)** | |
Diagnosis | Observation | 339 (16.8%)** | 917 (27.7%)** |
Substance abuse | 255 (12.6%)** | 135 (4.1%)** | |
Psychosis | 218 (10.8%)** | 535 (16.1%)** | |
Affective | 400 (19.8%)* | 759 (22.9%)* | |
Anxiety | 444 (22.0%) | 695 (21.0%) | |
Anorexia n. | 66 (3.3%)** | 56 (1.7%)** | |
Personality d. | 137 (6.8%)** | 121 (3.6%)** | |
Others | 163 (8.1%)** | 98 (3.0%)** | |
Level of care | Inpatient | 758 (37.5%) | 1174 (35.4%) |
Outpatient | 1264 (62.5%) | 2142 (64.6%) | |
Involuntary admission | Â | 113 (5.6%)* | 131 (4.0%)* |
Treatment volume (median) | Inpatient stay (length of-) | 5** | 8** |
Outpatient consultations | 3** | 2** |