Skip to main content
NCBI home page
American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health logoLink to American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health
. 1968 May;58(5):938–948. doi: 10.2105/ajph.58.5.938

The use of demographic characteristics in predicting length of stay in a state mental hospital.

W W Daniel, E N Brandt Jr, J P Costiloe
PMCID: PMC1228505  PMID: 5689637

Full text

PDF
938

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. ANKER J. M. Chronicity of neuropsychiatric hospitalization: a predictive scale. J Consult Psychol. 1961 Oct;25:425–432. doi: 10.1037/h0044892. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. DORN H. F. Methods of analysis for follow-up studies. Hum Biol. 1950 Dec;22(4):238–248. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. JOHNSTON R., MCNEAL B. F. COMBINED MMPI AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IN PREDICTING LENGTH OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL STAY. J Consult Psychol. 1964 Feb;28:64–70. doi: 10.1037/h0040213. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. KRAMER M., GOLDSTEIN H., ISRAEL R. H., JOHNSON N. A. A historical study of the disposition of first admissions to a state mental hospital; experience of the Warren State Hospital during the period 1916-50. Public Health Monogr. 1955;32:1–25. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. KRAMER M., PERSON P. H., Jr, TARJAN G., MORGAN R., WRIGHT S. W. A method for determination of probabilities of stay, release. and death, for patients admitted to a hospital for the mentally deficient: the experience of Pacific State Hospital during the period 1948-1952. Am J Ment Defic. 1957 Nov;62(3):481–495. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. LINDEMANN J. E., FAIRWEATHER G. W., STONE G. B., SMITH R. S., LONDON I. T. The use of demographic characteristics in predicting length of neuropsychiatric hospital stay. J Consult Psychol. 1959 Feb;23(1):85–89. doi: 10.1037/h0044764. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. MALZBERG B. Rates of discharge and rates of mortality among first admissions to the New York civil state hospitals. Ment Hyg. 1952 Jan;36(1):104–120. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. MORAN L. J., FAIRWEATHER G. W., MORTON R. B., McGAUGHRAN L. S. The use of demographic characteristics in predicting response to hospitalization for tuberculosis. J Consult Psychol. 1955 Feb;19(1):65–70. doi: 10.1037/h0048800. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. NUGENT C. A., WARNER H. R., DUNN J. T., TYLER F. H. PROBABILITY THEORY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CUSHING'S SYNDROME. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1964 Jul;24:621–627. doi: 10.1210/jcem-24-7-621. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. PARNELL R. W., SKOTTOWE I. Length of stay in mental hospitals and some factors influencing it. Br Med J. 1959 Dec 12;2(5162):1296–1300. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5162.1296. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. POLLACK E. S., PERSON P. H., Jr, KRAMER M., GOLDSTEIN H. Patterns of retention, release, and death of first admissions to state mental hospitals: the experience during the first 12 months of hospitalization of patients admitted to 11 state hospital systems in 1954. Public Health Monogr. 1959;58:1–53. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. PUGH T. F. THE POPULATION EXPLOSION AND THE FUTURE NUMBER OF MENTAL-HOSPITAL INPATIENTS. N Engl J Med. 1964 Sep 24;271:672–672. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196409242711307. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. RINALDO J. A., Jr, SCHEINOK P., RUPE C. E. SYMPTOM DIAGNOSIS. A MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF EPIGASTRIC PAIN. Ann Intern Med. 1963 Aug;59:145–154. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-59-2-145. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. STAUDT V. M., ZUBIN J. A biometric evaluation of the somatotherapies in schizophrenia. Psychol Bull. 1957 May;54(3):171–196. doi: 10.1037/h0047695. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. WARNER H. R., TORONTO A. F., VEASEY L. G., STEPHENSON R. A mathematical approach to medical diagnosis. Application to congenital heart disease. JAMA. 1961 Jul 22;177:177–183. doi: 10.1001/jama.1961.03040290005002. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. WARNER H. R., TORONTO A. F., VEASY L. G. EXPERIENCE WITH BAYE'S THEOREM FOR COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1964 Jul 31;115:558–567. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health are provided here courtesy of American Public Health Association

RESOURCES