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  • Title: [Rehabilitation of psychiatrically handicapped patients at halfway houses: the effect of work performance and other variables on the duration of hospitalization. A catamnestic study].
    Author: Vetter P, Citovska M.
    Journal: Psychiatr Prax; 1990 Mar; 17(2):78-84. PubMed ID: 2343068.
    Abstract:
    We studied the influence of rehabilitation in flat-sharing communities, or communes, on the duration of hospitalisation of 158 chronic psychiatric patients. Variables that shorten the length of hospital stay most effectively, were also investigated. The study covered a period of 13.5 years. The average residence in a commune is four years (mean) or two years (median), respectively. The length of further hospitalisation was reduced by more than fourfold (mean) or by more than twelvefold (median) respectively in comparison to the duration of hospitalisation before entry into a commune. 11 of the 18 variables investigated had a shortening effect on the further duration of hospitalisation. The influence of work performance on the duration of hospitalisation is studied.
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