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dc.contributor.authorMyklebust, Lars Henrik Ryther
dc.contributor.authorSørgaard, Knut
dc.contributor.authorWynn, Rolf
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T09:05:09Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T09:05:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractBackground: Studies on the effect of organizational factors on the involuntary admission of psychiatric patients have been few and yielded inconclusive results. The objective was to examine the importance of type of service-system, level of care, length of inpatient stay, gender, age, and diagnosis on rates of involuntary admission, by comparing one deinstitutionalized and one locally institutionalized service-system, in a naturalistic experiment. Methods: 5538 admissions to two specialist psychiatric service-areas in North Norway were studied, covering a four-year period (2003-2006). The importance of various predictors on involuntary admission were analyzed in a logistic regression model. Results: Involuntary admission to the services was associated with the diagnosis of psychosis, male sex, being referred to inpatient treatment, as well as type of service-system. Patients from the deinstitutionalized system were more likely to be involuntarily admitted. Conclusions: Several factors predicted involuntary status, including male sex, the diagnosis of psychosis, and type of service-system. The results suggests that having psychiatric beds available locally may be more favourable than a traditional deinstitutionalized service system with local outpatient clinics and central mental hospitals, with respect to the use of involuntary admission.en
dc.identifier.citationBMC Health Services Research (2014), vol. 14:64en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1110488
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-64
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/6339
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_5905
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Psychiatry, child psychiatry: 757en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri, barnepsykiatri: 757en
dc.titleLocal psychiatric beds appear to decrease the use of involuntary admission: A case-register studyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen
dc.typePeer revieweden


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