From: Readmission rates of South Korean psychiatric inpatients by inpatient volumes per psychiatrist
OR | 95 % CI | ||
---|---|---|---|
Patient-level | |||
Diagnosis | |||
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders | 1.00 | – | – |
Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use | 1.56 | 1.10 | 2.22 |
Schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders | 3.86 | 2.78 | 5.36 |
Mood disorders | 1.10 | 0.79 | 1.54 |
Neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders | 1.35 | 0.92 | 2.00 |
Length of stay (days) | |||
< 14 | 1.00 | – | – |
≥ 14 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.49 |
Sex | |||
Male | 1.00 | – | – |
Female | 0.63 | 0.54 | 0.74 |
Age (years) | |||
≤ 29 | 1.00 | – | – |
30–39 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 1.86 |
40–49 | 1.56 | 1.17 | 2.07 |
50–59 | 1.82 | 1.36 | 2.43 |
60–69 | 2.27 | 1.69 | 3.05 |
70–79 | 1.28 | 0.91 | 1.81 |
Year | |||
2010 | 1.00 | – | – |
2011 | 1.26 | 0.92 | 1.74 |
2012 | 1.97 | 1.45 | 2.68 |
2013 | 4.61 | 3.35 | 6.35 |
Hospital-level | |||
Inpatient volumes per psychiatrist | |||
Low | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.51 |
Mid-low | 0.48 | 0.36 | 0.63 |
Mid-high | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.69 |
High | 1.00 | – | – |
Number of psychiatrists | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.95 |
Number of pharmacists | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
Number of nurses (per 10 nurse increase) | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.99 |
Number of beds (per 100 bed increase) | 1.48 | 1.35 | 1.63 |
Proportion of psychiatric beds (per 10 % increase) | 1.08 | 1.02 | 1.15 |
Psychiatric bed occupancy rate (per 10 % increase) | 0.99 | 0.97 | 1.00 |
Teaching status | |||
Nonteaching hospital | 1.39 | 1.00 | 1.91 |
Teaching hospital | 1.00 | – | – |
Ownership | |||
Public | 1.00 | – | – |
Private | 3.00 | 2.41 | 3.74 |
Type of medical institution | |||
Hospital | 1.00 | – | – |
General hospital | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.47 |