A controlled study of transitional day care for non-chronically-ill patients.
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The authors randomly assigned 79 inpatients with nonchronic schizophrenia or affective disorder to either an intensive experimental day program called "transitional treatment" or a control treatment--weekly clinically believed to require intensive posthospital treatment to make the transition to the community. Although initially there was a significantly higher dropout rate from the control condition, at the point of discharge from the two programs as well as at 6- and 12-month follow-up there was no difference in outcome. Direct costs for the transitional treatment, however, were much higher.
Medical Subject Headings
Adolescent; Adult; Costs and Cost Analysis; Day Care, Medical; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Psychotherapy, Group; Schizophrenia
Publication Date
12-1-1986
Publication Title
The American journal of psychiatry
ISSN
0002-953X
Volume
143
Issue
12
First Page
1551
Last Page
1556
PubMed ID
3789208
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1176/ajp.143.12.1551
Recommended Citation
Glick, I D; Fleming, L; DeChillo, N; Meyerkopf, N; Jackson, C; Muscara, D; and Good-Ellis, M, "A controlled study of transitional day care for non-chronically-ill patients." (1986). Neurosurgery. 1939.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/1939