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Hospitalization for Psychiatric Illness Among Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons in 1992 and 2002

All authors are affiliated with the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Dr. Akincigil and Dr. Prince are also with the School of Social Work, Rutgers, 536 George St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (e-mail: aakinci{at}rci.rutgers edu). Dr. Hoover is also with the Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, and Dr. Walkup is also with the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, at Rutgers. These analyses were presented in part at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 4–8, 2006, Boston.

OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the evolution of inpatient care for psychiatric illness in 1992 and 2002 for senior community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries. METHODS: National Medicare Provider Analysis and Review files for 1992 and 2002 were analyzed. RESULTS: From 1992 to 2002, rates of inpatient hospital use for treatment of psychiatric illness declined 28%, from 429 to 311 stays per 100,000 eligible beneficiaries, mostly because of reduced hospitalization for depression, and next, for substance use disorder. Inpatient care patterns for patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder changed little. Although stays were shorter in 2002 in general, rehospitalization rates remained the same in 2002 as they were in 1992. CONCLUSION: Trends in hospitalizations differed by diagnoses, which may be representative of general changes in treatment philosophy during the 1990s.

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Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1038-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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