1. [Cantonal Differences in The Implementation of Involuntary Admission in Switzerland].
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Jäger, Matthias, Hotzy, Florian, Traber, Rafael, Morandi, Stéphane, Spiess, Manuela, Ruflin, Regula, Theodoridou, Anastasia, and Schneeberger, Andres
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Humans ,Switzerland ,Germany ,Mental Disorders ,Risk Factors ,Hospitals ,Psychiatric ,Commitment of Mentally Ill - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of persons hospitalized in five psychiatric hospitals from regions with different structural characteristics compared with persons hospitalized voluntarily. METHODS: Descriptive analyses of routine data on approximately 57000 cases of 33000 patients treated for a primary ICD-10 psychiatric diagnosis at one of the participating hospitals from 2016 to 2019. RESULTS: Admission rates, length of stay, rates of further coercive measures, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the affected persons differ between the different regions. CONCLUSION: There are considerable regional differences between regulations and implementation of the admission procedures and the sample. Causal relationships between regional specifics and the results cannot be inferred.
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- 2024