Table 1 Clinician and patient factors
From: Variation in admission rates between psychiatrists on call in a university teaching hospital
Total n = 1530 | |
|---|---|
Patient factors | |
Male (%) | 593 (38.8) |
Age (years ± SD) | 37.3 ± 18.6 |
Youth (14–21) (%) | 400 (26.1) |
General (22–64) (%) | 990 (64.7) |
Geriatrics (65+) (%) | 136 (8.9) |
Others (< 14) (%) | 4 (0.3) |
Diagnoses (ICD-10-CM category) | |
Dementia and delirium (%) | 21 (1.4) |
Substance-related disorders (%) | 99 (6.5) |
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders (%) | 241 (15.8) |
Bipolar and related disorders (%) | 129 (8.4) |
Depressive disorders (%) | 350 (22.9) |
Anxiety disorders (%) | 107 (7.0) |
Obsessive compulsive and related disorders (%) | 12 (0.8) |
Trauma and stress-related disorders (%) | 71 (4.6) |
Dissociative disorders (%) | 3 (0.2) |
Somatic symptom and related disorders (%) | 3 (0.2) |
Eating disorders (%) | 1 (0.1) |
Personality disorders (%) | 27 (1.8) |
Neurodevelopmental disorders (%) | 1 (0.1) |
Miscellaneous diagnoses (%) | 465 (30.4) |
Multiple visits | 449 (29.3) |
With previous admission (%) | 247 (16.1) |
Specialty match (%) | 125 (8.2) |
Total n = 1530 | |
|---|---|
Physician factors | |
Male (%) | 1091 (71.3) |
Years of practice (mean ± SD) | 14.3 ± 8.7 |
PES training (%) | 308 (20.1) |
Specialist/highly specialized (%) | 247 (16.1) |
Sub-division of primary specialty area (%) | |
Youth | 395 (25.8) |
Geriatric | 143 (9.3) |
General | 753 (49.2) |
PES | 308 (20.1) |
Inpatient | 240 (15.7) |
Outpatient | 166 (10.8) |
Consultation liaison | 39 (2.5) |
Women’s Mental Health | 91 (5.9) |
Oncology | 48 (3.1) |
OCD | 43 (2.8) |
CBT | 42 (2.7) |
Neuropsych | 15 (1.0) |
Other | 239 (15.6) |
Frequent care practice type (%) | |
Outpatient | 1139 (74.4) |
Inpatient | 391 (25.6) |