Factors associated with long-stay status in patients with schizophrenia: An analysis of national databases covering the entire Korean population

Woojin Chung, Hoo-Sun Chang, Sun-Min Oh and Chung-Won Yoon

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2013, vol. 59, issue 3, 207-216

Abstract: Background: Admissions lasting over six months (long-stay) occur frequently among patients with schizophrenia in South Korea. Aims: To identify some patient-level and institution-level factors associated with long-stay status of patients with schizophrenia. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study. We analysed a nationwide population-based reimbursement claims data set consisting of 496,338 claims for 58,287 patients with schizophrenia between 1 January 2005 and 30 June 2006. A two-level random effects logistic regression model was used to identify those factors. Results: Age (

Keywords: Schizophrenia; length of stay; multi-level model; South Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764011431794

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