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Costs and Characteristics of Heavy Inpatient Service Users in Outer London

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  • Ben Lucas
  • Phil Harrison-Read
  • Peter Tyrer
  • Jon Ray
  • Katherine Shipley
  • Matthew Hickman
  • Anita Patel
  • Martin Knapp
  • Ana Lowin

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"Heavy users" is a new term often used to describe those who occupy a disproportionate number of psychiatric beds. In this study we identified the heaviest 10% (193) inpatient service users in one London borough over a 61/2 year period and compared these with a control group of 400 ordinary inpatient users. A weighting index was used to combine frequency of admission with duration. Heavy users were diagnostically and demographically similar to ordinary inpatient service users and only differed by their extensive use of services, about 3 times more than ordinary users in terms of health care costs, during the measured year. Their heavy use mainly depended on occupying hospital beds, and their use of outpatient, day patient and community services was relatively light.

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  • Ben Lucas & Phil Harrison-Read & Peter Tyrer & Jon Ray & Katherine Shipley & Matthew Hickman & Anita Patel & Martin Knapp & Ana Lowin, 2001. "Costs and Characteristics of Heavy Inpatient Service Users in Outer London," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 47(1), pages 63-74, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:47:y:2001:i:1:p:63-74
    DOI: 10.1177/002076400104700106
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