Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Denial of Access to Individuals Seeking Inpatient Care: Disposition Determinants and 12 Month Outcomes(JFSCI) - Juniper Publishers




Denial of Access to Individuals Seeking Inpatient Care: Disposition Determinants and 12 Month Outcomes by Steven P Segal in JFSCI - Juniper Publishers


Objective: This study considers the denial of access to inpatient care to those seeking hospitalization following psychiatric emergency service (PES) evaluation. It evaluates how civil commitment criteria, functional status, institutional constraints, social bias, and procedural justice indicators are likely to impact denial of care decisions, and considers 12 month outcomes.
Methods: PES evaluations of 583 patients in 9 California county general hospitals were examined via logit modeling to determine those factors contributing to the decision to deny access to inpatient care. Differences in the importance of influences on the decision making process and outcomes at 12 months are examined in two contrasts: first, admitted and released patients seeking care, then, the latter group versus all other patients. Outcome measures include numbers of deaths, violent crimes, and involuntary readmissions to the PES.

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