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At a federally qualified health center which often receives discharge referrals from the local hospital, rehospitalization rates and reasons were unknown yet pertinent information for assuring timely follow-up appointments. This study examined psychiatric discharge and rehospitalization between August 2020 and January 2021. Between August and October 2020, all adult patients of the FQHC were investigated who presented to or were discharged from the hospital. Those who received a primary psychiatric diagnosis were then examined retrospectively (between November 2020 and January 2021) to determine readmission status. During the study period, 36 patients were hospitalized with primary psychiatric diagnoses, 81% of whom did not establish behavioral health care subsequent to their initial hospitalization. The overall 90-day readmission rate of the sample was 41.7% with 80% of these individuals returning within 30 days.
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Trastornos Mentales , Readmisión del Paciente , Adulto , Humanos , Estudios Retrospectivos , Alta del Paciente , Hospitalización , Trastornos Mentales/terapiaRESUMEN
ABSTRACT: With the increasing complexity of today's patients, the demand for nurse practitioner (NP) postgraduate training programs is growing. At least 70 such programs exist, yet information about these programs is limited. A sample of 52 program websites were investigated for information of importance to NPs, employers, and NP faculty. Of the postgraduate training program websites studied, information regarding at least one of the elements investigated was absent from the program website. This lack of information availability makes exploring, selecting, or recommending a postgraduate training program difficult. As the number of programs and the number of graduating NP students continue to grow, the existence and consistency of information regarding new and existing programs will be increasingly important for the accuracy of prospective trainee exploration of such programs and for researchers interested in gathering consistent data.