Table 3.
Factors contributing to the decision to conditionally release hospitalized psychiatric patients in Victoria, Australia, between 1990 and 2000a
Characteristic | B | SE | p | Exp(B) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Organizational factors | ||||
Had an inpatient episode longer than the 38-day average | .04 | .07 | .597 | 1.04 |
Number of inpatient episodes | .10 | .00 | <.001 | 1.11 |
Interaction of inpatient episode greater than 38 days by number of inpatient episodes | .06 | .01 | <.001 | 1.07 |
Time from the first date known to the mental health system to last face-to-face contact | .00 | .00 | <.001 | 1.00 |
Demographic factors | ||||
Age | −.15 | .01 | <.001 | .86 |
Gender | .10 | .03 | <.001 | 1.11 |
Community involvement factors | ||||
Employed | −.20 | .05 | <.001 | .82 |
Currently married | −.32 | .04 | <.001 | .73 |
Premorbid factors | ||||
Age at the first date known to the mental health system | .16 | .01 | <.001 | 1.17 |
More than an 11th grade education | −.04 | .04 | .287 | .96 |
Never married | .03 | .04 | .467 | 1.03 |
Diagnostic factors | ||||
Major affective disorder | .39 | .07 | <.001 | 1.48 |
Dementia | .73 | .08 | <.001 | 2.07 |
Schizophrenia | 1.38 | .06 | <.001 | 3.99 |
Paranoia and other psychoses | 1.34 | .11 | <.001 | 3.81 |
Model characteristics: χ2=6,106.094, df=15, p<.001; Of the 24,973 cases, 74 percent (24,859 cases) were classified correctly and less than 1 percent (114 cases) had missing information and therefore were not considered in the analysis.