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Table 2 Demographic and index hospitalization history comparison

From: A comparison of decisions to discharge committed psychiatric patients between treating physicians and district psychiatric committees: an outcome study

Measure

Committee (DPC)

Doctors (TP)

Difference

 

N (%)

M (SD)

N (%)

M (SD)

 

Men

280 (63.2)

 

2223 (63.4)

 

χ2 = 0.106, p = .745

 Age

 

37.3 (12.3)

 

37.9 (12.3)

t = 1.079, p = .281

 Index hospitalization (days)

 

30.1 (71.2)

 

75.9 (315.3)

t = 7.775, p = .000

 Number of times previously hospitalized (average)

 

9.7 (15.4)

 

15.5 (29.5)

t = 6.830, p = .000

 Number of times previously hospitalized (median)

 

4

 

5

 

Diagnoses

Committees (DPC)

Doctors (TP)

χ 2

p

 F10-F19

4.5

5.0

4.481

.482

 F20-F29

77.2

79.5

  

 F30-F39

12.2

11.0

  

 F40-F48

2.5

1.6

  

 F50-F59

0.0

0.1

  

 F60-F69

3.6

2.8

  
  1. F10-F19: Mental and behavioral disorders owing to psychoactive substance use, F20-F29: schizophrenia and schizotypal and delusional disorders, F30-F39: mood [affective] disorders, F40-F48: neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders, F50-F59: behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors, F60-F69: disorders of adult personality and behavior