PMID: 22352200Feb 23, 2012Paper

Changing the structure of the hospitalized patients at the Psychiatric Clinic Vrapce

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Petar BilićVlado Jukić

Abstract

Psychiatric treatment in developed countries has significantly changed in the last few decades, with a significant shortening of the duration of hospitalization. Numerous West European countries are undertaking health system reforms to improve treatment efficiency. The aim of the study was to present the structure of hospitalized patients according to diagnostic categories of International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems - 10th Revision (ICD-10), and average duration of hospitalization from 2001 till 2010. Data was collected from hospital medical charts for the period from 2001 till 2010 on the number of hospitalized patients, diagnosis and duration of hospitalization. Number of hospitalized patients increased by 27% (6309 vs. 8032). Average duration of hospitalization decreased for 45.1% (72.3 vs. 39.7 days), while the number of hospitalized patients decreased from 1284 (20.4%) in 2001 to 995 (12.4%) in 2010, the number of patients hospitalized because of depressive disorder increased from 309 (4.9%) in 2001 to 994 (12.4%) in 2010. The number of patients hospitalized because of enduring personality changes increased from 104 (1.7%) in 2001 to 449 (5.6%) in 2010. In the last decade the number of hospitali...Continue Reading

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