Santos A B, Hawkins G D, Julius B, Deci P A, Hiers T H, Burns B J
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Am J Psychiatry. 1993 Mar;150(3):501-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.150.3.501.
This study measured hospital utilization and residential status of 51 patients with chronic psychoses before and after a 1-year program of assertive community treatment. Time hospitalized was reduced by 94%, and 82% of the patients previously living in hospitals or group homes attained independent living status, suggesting that this form of clinical management may reduce institutional care and costs to mental health care systems.
本研究对51例慢性精神病患者在接受为期1年的积极社区治疗项目前后的住院情况和居住状况进行了测量。住院时间减少了94%,82%以前住在医院或集体之家的患者获得了独立生活状态,这表明这种临床管理形式可能会减少机构护理,并降低心理健康护理系统的成本。