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Table 1 Individual characteristics at index admissiona

From: Psychiatric readmission rates in a multi-level mental health care system – a descriptive population cohort study

  

Discharged from (index)

All

Unplanned

planned

DPC

Mix

Hospital

DPC

Hospital

N = 16,185

n = 2912

n = 1242

n = 5756

n = 4030

n = 2193

Sex (%)

 Female

58.9

61.4

59.1

52.2

62.4

67.2

Age

 Mean (SD)

43.0 (16.4)

42.7 (15.4)

43.2 (15.1)

41.8 (16.6)

43.5 (15.9)

45.6 (19.4)

 Median

42

42

43

40

43

39

 18–29

25.2

23.6

22.8

28.6

22.0

25.7

 30–39

19.8

19.9

19.5

20.1

20.1

18.1

 40–65

44.9

48.4

49.8

41.8

49.8

36.8

 66+

10.2

8.1

8.0

9.5

8.1

19.4

Diagnosis (%)

 F20-F29

25.6

22.4

27.3

31.1

24.5

16.2

 F30-F31

13.6

14.5

17.3

15.3

13.1

7.0

 F32-F39

27.7

33.6

31.2

23.4

28.9

26.8

 F40-F49

22.9

21.6

17.0

20.8

23.7

32.4

 F50-F59

2.7

1.0

0.7

1.1

2.3

10.8

 F60-F69

7.5

6.9

6.4

8.3

7.6

6.8

Comorbid substance abuse (%)

 Yes

9.0

6.4

8.9

12.5

5.9

8.6

LOS days (%)

 Mean (SD)

34.8 (76.2)

24.8 (48.9)

46.8 (51.6)

25.7 (58.6)

35.5 (70.9)

63.1 (135.6)

 Median

14

11

31

8

20

25

 2–7

29.6

30.8

7.5

45.0

13.5

30.5

 8–14

17.2

24.3

12.5

16.8

19.3

7.6

 15–30

22.9

23.6

27.9

16.0

34.7

15.5

 31–60

16.2

12.6

29.6

12.2

20.3

15.6

 61+

14.2

8.7

22.5

10.0

12.2

30.8

Travel time DPC minutes (%)

 Mean (SD)

25.2 (31.0)

20.9 (24.5)

24.3 (30.0)

25.1 (30.9)

28.2 (34.4)

26.4 (32.3)

 Median

11.6

10.6

12.5

10.8

12.6

10.9

 0–14

61.7

67.6

62.3

63.3

55.3

61.5

 15–29

13.9

13.3

15.1

12.9

16.2

12.1

 30–59

14.6

12.9

13.7

14.0

16.4

15.6

 60–89

5.0

2.9

4.2

5.0

6.5

5.5

 90+

4.8

3.4

4.8

4.8

5.7

5.3

Travel time hospital minutes (%)

 Mean (SD)

57.5 (94.7)

48.6 (76.3)

51.8 (78.4)

52.0 (93.8)

71.4 (107.8)

60.9 (99.0)

 Median

24.8

20.4

24.9

20.4

35.8

24.2

 0–14

37.3

39.4

35.2

43.3

26.3

40.3

 15–29

20.1

22.6

21.6

20.1

19.7

16.9

 30–59

20.3

19.4

20.5

18.1

24.2

19.8

 60–89

6.9

5.8

8.0

5.9

9.0

6.8

 90+

15.4

12.8

15.1

12.7

20.8

16.2

Readmitted within 30 days (%)

 Yes

15.1

16.7

18.4

17.9

11.2

10.5

Readmitted within 365 days (%)

 Yes

47.7

48.8

53.3

45.7

47.7

47.8

  1. aThere were only 52 discharges from Planned Mix index, due to their low numbers, these are omitted