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11322407

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
"Heavy users" is a new term often used to describe those who occupy a disproportionate number of psychiatric beds. In this study we identified the heaviest 10% (193) inpatient service users in one London borough over a 6 year period and compared these with a control group of 400 ordinary inpatient users. A weighting index was used to combine frequency of admission with duration. Heavy users were diagnostically and demographically similar to ordinary inpatient service users and only differed by their extensive use of services, about 3 times more than ordinary users in terms of health care costs, during the measured year. Their heavy use mainly depended on occupying hospital beds, and their use of outpatient, day patient and community services was relatively light.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-7640
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
63-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Costs and characteristics of heavy inpatient service users in outer London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't