From: Variation in admission rates between psychiatrists on call in a university teaching hospital
Number admitted (n = 780) | Percent admittance (%) | x2 or F(df) | p value | |
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Clinician factors | ||||
Gender | ||||
Female | 243 | 55.4 | 4.7 (1) | 0.030 |
Male | 537 | 49.2 | ||
Years of practice | 2.3 (1) | 0.126 | ||
PES training | 126 | 40.9 | 15.7 (1) | < 0.0005 |
Specialist/highly specialized | 153 | 61.9 | 14.2 (1) | < 0.0005 |
Specialty area | ||||
Youth | 192 | 48.6 | 1.2 (1) | 0.273 |
Geriatric | 75 | 52.4 | 0.1 (1) | 0.712 |
Inpatient | 140 | 58.3 | 6.2 (1) | 0.013 |
Outpatient | 81 | 48.8 | 0.4 (1) | 0.551 |
Consultation liaison | 20 | 51.3 | 0.0 (1) | 0.970 |
Women’s mental health | 52 | 57.1 | 1.5 (1) | 0.225 |
Psycho-oncology | 34 | 70.8 | 7.8 (1) | 0.005 |
OCD | 24 | 55.8 | 0.4 (1) | 0.520 |
CBT | 26 | 61.9 | 2.1 (1) | 0.151 |
Neuropsych | 10 | 66.7 | 1.5 (1) | 0.222 |
Frequent care practice type among all physicians | ||||
Outpatient | 566 | 49.7 | 3.0 (1) | 0.085 |
Inpatient | 214 | 54.7 | ||
Patient factors | ||||
Gender | ||||
Female | 484 | 51.5 | 0.3 (1) | 0.577 |
Male | 297 | 50.1 | ||
Age | 6.3 (1) | 0.012 | ||
Age groups | ||||
Youth (14–21) | 193 | 48.3 | 1.6 (1) | 0.204 |
General (22–64) | 501 | 50.6 | 0.2 (1) | 0.692 |
Geriatrics (65+) | 85 | 62.5 | 7.9 (1) | 0.005 |
Diagnoses (ICD-10-CM category) | ||||
Dementia and delirium | 16 | 76.2 | 5.4 (1) | 0.020 |
Substance-related disorders | 44 | 44.4 | 1.8 (1) | 0.179 |
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | 179 | 74.3 | 62.1 (1) | < 0.’0005 |
Bipolar and related disorders | 94 | 72.9 | 27.0 (1) | < 0.0005 |
Depressive disorders | 168 | 48.0 | 1.6(1) | 0.204 |
Anxiety disorders | 21 | 19.6 | 45.3 (1) | < 0.”0005 |
Obsessive compulsive and related disorders | 5 | 41.7 | 0.4 (1) | 0.517 |
Trauma and stress-related disorders | 19 | 26.8 | 17.5 (1) | < 0.0005 |
Dissociative disorders | 2 | 66.7 | 0.3 (1) | 0.586 |
Somatic symptom and related disorders | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 (1) | 0.077 |
Eating disorders | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 (1) | 0.308 |
Personality disorders | 15 | 55.6 | 0.2 (1) | 0.631 |
Neurodevelopmental disorders | 1 | 100 | 1.0 (1) | 0.327 |
Miscellaneous diagnoses | 216 | 46.5 | 5.5 (1) | 0.019 |
Multiple visits | 244 | 54.3 | 2.9 (1) | 0.090 |
Previous admission | 150 | 60.7 | 11.2 (1) | 0.001 |
Specialty match | ||||
Yes | 81 | 51.3 | 0.0 (1) | 0.940 |
No | 699 | 50.9 |