Type of housing predicts rate of readmission to hospital but not length of stay in people with schizophrenia on the Gold Coast in Queensland
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Article Title | Type of housing predicts rate of readmission to hospital but not length of stay in people with schizophrenia on the Gold Coast in Queensland |
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ERA Journal ID | 13431 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Browne, Graeme (Author), Courtney, Mary (Author) and Meehan, Tom (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Health Review |
Journal Citation | 27 (1), pp. 65-72 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2004 |
Publisher | CSIRO Publishing |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0156-5788 |
1449-8944 | |
Abstract | Accommodation is considered to be important by institutions interested in mental health care both in Australia and internationally Some authorities assert that no component of a community mental health system is more important than decent affordable housing. Unfortunately there has been little research in Australia into the consequences of discharging people with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia to different types of accommodation. This paper uses archival data to investigate the outcomes for people with schizophrenia discharged to two types of accommodation. The types of accommodation chosen are the persons own home and for-profit boarding house. These two were chosen because the literature suggests that they are respectively the most and least desirable types of accommodation. Results suggest that people with schizophrenia who were discharged to boarding houses are significantly more likely to be readmitted to the psychiatric unit of Gold Coast Hospital, although their length of stay in hospital is not significantly different. |
Keywords | accomodation; housing; schizophrenia; readmission; hospital |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440603. Economic geography |
440301. Family and household studies | |
420313. Mental health services | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Department of Health, Queensland |
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