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[Comparative analysis about hospitalization characteristics in the mental health unit of a general acute care hospital].

INTRODUCTION: In Argentina, like in the rest of the world, deinstitutionalization policies have been implemented. In our country, the shortage of epidemiologic data regarding admissions in mental health is a limitation for the discussion about how this changes should be implemented and its effect.

OBJECTIVES: Epidemiologic data of inpatients of the Mental Health Unit of the Teodoro Álvarez General Hospital between June 2012 and May 2013 has been analyzed in order to elaborate a comparative analysis with a previous study that took place in the same unit on the years 2004-2005.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is naturalistic, descriptive and retrospective study about adult male inpatients admitted in the psychopathology ward of the Álvarez Hospital. Data was taken from the patient's medical history report.

RESULTS: There were 51 hospitalizations during the study (versus 82 hospitalizations in the previous one). The average age was 34.4 years. The average patient hospitalization was 46.2 days (versus 45.4), 84% (vs 89.7%) of hospitalizations lasted less than 90 days, although there was an increase in hospitalization that lasted between 90 and 179 days (7.3% vs 13.7%). The most frequent reason for hospitalization was acute psychotic syndrome, 62.7% (versus 48.8%) of the patients had previous psychiatric hospitalizations. The most frequent diagnosis at discharge were: 38.4% schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders (vs 38.1%), 21.5% personality disorders (vs 25%), 17% mood disorders (vs 17.7%), 15.4% substance use related (vs 22.1%).

CONCLUSION: There has been a considerable decrease (from 82 to 51) in the total number of hospitalizations and also a decrease in the BTR (bed turnover ratio) from 4.1 to 2.6 and an increase in hospitalizations with a duration superior to 90 days and inferior to 179 days.

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