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3605424

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the effect of treatment modality on length of hospital stay, the authors retrospectively studied 86 admissions of 74 patients with major depression. All 19 patients who received ECT recovered, in contrast to only 27 (49%) of 55 patients given tricyclic antidepressants or other medication. The 28 patients who had not responded to antidepressants recovered after treatment with ECT. Treatment modality had a highly significant effect on length of hospital stay: patients given ECT stayed a mean of 13 fewer days, saving more than $6,400 per patient at current rates. These findings of significant economic and therapeutic benefits in the use of ECT raise issues about treatment selection for depressed inpatients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-953X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
144
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1025-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduced length and cost of hospital stay for major depression in patients treated with ECT.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't