Efficacy and cost effectiveness of partial hospitalization

The partial-hospitalization modality is discussed and defined. Prior research on the efficacy and cost effectiveness of partial-hospitalization treatment is reported. To study the efficacy of partial hospitalization, goal attainment scaling was was used to generate change scores for a sample of 12 subjects over a 1-year period. The average change score for the total sample was +1.4, with 8 of the 12 subjects entering employment or training during the 1-year study. The efficacy of the partial-hospitalization program was supported. Limitations of these results are noted. To study the cost effectiveness of partial hospitalization, the number of hospitalizations and the number of days hospitalized, for comparable time spans, before and after entering day treatment were obtained. Since the partial-hospitalization modality reduced the hospitalization rate by 220% and reduced the number of days hospitalized by 440%, its cost effectiveness is supported.