Duration of hospitalization and post discharge suicide |
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Authors: | Ho Ting-Pong |
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Institution: | Dept. of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. hotp@ha.org.hk |
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Abstract: | A retrospective cohort of discharged patients from all public psychiatric hospitals in Hong Kong (1997-1999) was linked to suicide data from Coroner's court. Patients hospitalized shorter than 15 days had significantly lower suicide rates than longer stay patients. The results were fairly consistent across immediate/late post discharge periods, gender, age, diagnoses, and narrow/wide definitions of suicide. This finding was opposite of what has been reported in the literature. Short hospitalization carried different suicide risks in different service settings. |
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