Table 1 Characteristics of 100 acute psychiatric admissions and hospital stays referred from Tromsø Casualty Clinic to the University Hospital of North Norway 2001.
Number of admissions (N = 100) | |
|---|---|
Characteristics | N |
First time admissions | 29 |
Readmissions | 66 |
No information | 5 |
Referring doctors main work place (N = 38) | |
Personal doctors1 (GPs) | 16 |
Internship doctors | 6 |
Others | 16 |
Day of admission and time of the day (N = 100) | |
Weekends and Public Holidays | 55 |
Weekdays | 43 |
Evenings (Mondays to Fridays 4 pm to 10 pm) | 24 |
Night time (10 pm to 08 am) | 19 |
No information | 2 |
Length of hospital stays (N = 100) | |
≥ 3 days | 32 |
4–7 days | 21 |
8–14 days | 17 |
15–21 days | 12 |
21–28 days | 5 |
≥ 29 days | 13 |
Legal representative (N = 59) | |
Police | 52 |
Mother or father | 4 |
Spouse | 1 |
Municipals chief physician | 1 |
No information | 1 |
Registered information on substance abuse (N = 100) | |
In referring letters or as discharge diagnosis | 24 |
In both referring letters and as discharge diagnosis | 19 |
No information | 57 |