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A methodology for timing reviews of inpatient hospital stay
Andrew C Page1, Geoff R Hooke, Jonathan Rampono
1Clinical Psychology Unit, School of Psychology, University of Western Australia. andrew@psy.uwa.edu.au
Objective:
This paper aims to describe a methodology to inform decisions about the optimal time to schedule reviews of a patient's hospital stay and to provide an example of its implementation.
Method:
Length of hospital stay was assessed in 1227 consecutive inpatient admissions. Data were transformed to reflect the probability of discharge from hospital in the following 7 days.
Results:
The resulting data reflected the points at which the conditional probability of being discharged were declining, revealing the potentially efficient times to conduct reviews of inpatient admissions.
Conclusions:
The methodology outlined appears useful in assisting psychiatrists responsible for inpatient care to decide upon optimal times to review a patient's stay in hospital.
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