Ferber J S, Oswald M, Rubin M, Ungemack J, Schane M
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1985 Dec;36(12):1297-301. doi: 10.1176/ps.36.12.1297.
One hundred twenty-six admissions to a time-limited day hospital program were studied to obtain evaluative and descriptive information about the program and its patients. Patients most likely to complete the program were older, lived with their families, had intermediate amounts of prior inpatient admissions, and had no arrest record. Among all study patients admitted to the day hospital (dropouts as well as graduates), 62 percent were still participating in at least one long-term treatment and rehabilitation program of the parent community mental health service six months after they left the day hospital. This high retention rate appears to result from the day hospital's focus as the entry point to a large and flexible network of long-term services in the same location and with familiar staff.
对126名进入限时日间医院项目的患者进行了研究，以获取有关该项目及其患者的评估和描述性信息。最有可能完成该项目的患者年龄较大，与家人同住，之前有中等数量的住院记录，且无逮捕记录。在所有入住日间医院的研究患者（包括退出者和完成者）中，62%在离开日间医院六个月后仍至少参与了上级社区精神卫生服务机构的一项长期治疗和康复项目。如此高的留存率似乎源于日间医院作为同一地点、由熟悉的工作人员组成的大型灵活长期服务网络的切入点这一重点。
