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Psychosocial services for AIDS patients in the general hospital
J S Lyons1, D B Larson, R L Anderson
1Northwestern University Medical School.
International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Ninety consecutive non-repeating hospital admissions of patients with AIDS were studied. The rates of psychosocial service utilization were quite high for consultation psychiatry (24.4%), social work (42.2%), and home care (discharge planning) nursing (24.4%). The presence of psychiatric co-morbidities and social needs were associated with increased length of stay. In addition, psychiatric co-morbidities were associated with increased charges for pharmacy and laboratory.