@article{ref1,
title="Demographic and clinical characteristics as predictors of readmission: a one-year follow-up",
journal="Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)",
year="1978",
author="Munley, P. H. and Hyer, L. A.",
volume="34",
number="4",
pages="833-838",
abstract="Follows up an earlier investigation in which demographic and clinical characteristics of psychiatric patients were used to predict readmission within 3 months of discharge. In the initial study, stepwise multiple regression analysis identified six variables as the optimal set of predictors for readmission within 3 months of discharge: type of discharge, number of prior psychiatric hospitalizations, race, suicide attempt within 1 month of admission, subjective report of depression upon admission, and occupational level (R = .452). In the present study the same sample was followed up at 1 year after discharge, and demographic and clinical variables were used to predict readmission within 1 year of discharge. Stepwise multiple regression analysis identified three variables as the optimal set of predictors for readmission within 1 year of discharge: past history of suicidal behavior, subjective report of depression upon admission, and number of prior psychiatric hospitalizations. Changes in predictors as a function of length of follow-up period are considered, and implications of the findings for identifying high-risk readmission candidates are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9762",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}