Levenson A J, Lord C J, Sermas C E, Thornby J I, Sullender W, Comstock S B
Dis Nerv Syst. 1977 Apr;38(4):242-5.
A research study was designed to test the hypothesis that acutely schizophrenic patients treated for a few minutes a day in a specially designed, city-county hospital outpatient clinic could remit as frequently, rapidly, and economically as a similar group managed on the ward of the same hospital. The results of the study permitted acceptance of the hypothesis. To wit, 90% of the clinic patients remitted in a median time of 12.5 days, as opposed to 70% of the ward patients remitting in a median time of 19.5 days and for approximately six times the cost.
在一家特别设计的市县医院门诊部，每天接受几分钟治疗的急性精神分裂症患者，其康复频率、速度和经济性与在同一家医院病房接受治疗的类似患者群体相当。研究结果支持了这一假设。具体而言，90%的门诊患者在中位数为12.5天的时间内康复，相比之下，70%的病房患者在中位数为19.5天的时间内康复，且费用约为门诊患者的六倍。
