Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the schizophrenia diagnosed enrollees with ≥1 behavioral health hospitalization in 2005 (N=28,083 enrollees) and county characteristics (N=274).

Patient Characteristic	N	%
Female	13,400	47.7
Race/Ethnicity
White	9,222	32.8
Black	11,954	42.6
Hispanic	3,525	12.6
Other	3,382	12.0
Supplemental Security Income months > other Medicaid eligibility months	25,465	90.7
Substance use disorder	14,324	51.0
Neurological disordera	3,451	12.3
Medical illness burden (non-neurological)b
0 conditions	14,795	52.7
1 condition	7,978	28.4
2 conditions	3,746	13.3
3 conditions	1,268	4.5
4 conditions	296	1.05
At least one 30-day readmission	6,976	24.8%
	Mean	SD
Age	40.1	11.2
County characteristics	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Quality of Care for Enrollees Diagnosed with Schizophrenia
Continuous antipsychotic medication days supplyc	0.57	.10	.03	.93
At least one behavioral health visit per 2 months	0.50	.12	.05	.88
Behavioral health community follow-up within 7 days post behavioral health hospitalization discharge	0.70	.24	0	1.0
Utilization variables that may affect behavioral health readmission
Behavioral health admission rate	0.22	.09	.01	.46
Average behavioral health hospital length of stay	9.0	4.0	1.3	42.2
Community Treatment Capacityd
Psychiatrists	8.8	10.1	0	94.6
Primary care physicianse	63.1	33.9	6.1	344.0
Free-standing psychiatric care beds	18.2	27.5	0	339.5
Free-standing alcohol/chemical dependency beds	2.8	8.4	0	69.2
Community mental health centers	0.26	.54	0	3.6
Federally qualified health centers	1.8	3.3	0	31.9

^aDiagnoses include: dementia, Parkinson's disease, anoxic brain damage.

^bCategories include: cardiovascular, diabetes, chronic pulmonary, hypertension.

^cNo gap in days supply > 30days in year.

^dRates per 100,000 census population in county.

^eInternal medicine, primary care, and family practice physicians.

Patient characteristics derived from claims data, county characteristics derived from claims data and Area Health Resource File.