The impact of psychiatric comorbidity on length of stay of medical inpatients

• Published in: General hospital psychiatry Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 14 - 19
• Main Authors: Furlanetto, Letícia M, da Silva, Roberta V, Bueno, J.oão Romildo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2003; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition Disorders - etiology; Cognitive impairment; Cohort Studies; Delirium; Delirium - complications; Delirium - diagnosis; Delirium - rehabilitation; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Length of stay; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical inpatients; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Psychiatric comorbidity; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Delirium; Medical inpatients; Prognosis; Psychiatric comorbidity; Length of stay; Cognitive impairment; Human; Cognitive disorder; Hospital admission; Prediction; Length of stay: Psychiatric comorbidity: Medical inpatients; Duration; Hospitalization; Concomitant disease; Health status; Cohort study; Mental disorder

The aim of the study was to determine the impact of psychiatric comorbidity (PC) on length of hospital stay (LOS) of medical inpatients. A prospective cohort study was conducted. A series of 317 medical inpatients consecutively admitted to the general medical wards of a University Hospital composed...