Local inpatient units may increase patients’ utilization of outpatient services: a comparative cohort-study in Nordland County, Norway

Figures & data

Table 1 Utilization-patterns of outpatient services for inpatients in two different models of mental health care 4-year registered prevalence sample (2003–2006)

	Centralized model, n (%)		Local institution-based model, n (%)
	Hospitalized	Only centrally hospitalized	Hospitalized	Only centrally hospitalized
Inpatients – all	245 (100%)	73 (29.8%)	318 (100%)	53 (16.7%)
Inpatients in outpatient care	117 (47.8%)**	34 (46.6%)	246 (77.4%)**	24 (45.3%)
Number of consultations (mean)	5.1**	6.3	14.0**	4.5

Note:

** P<0.01, when service models are compared.

Table 2 Logistic regression model of inpatients’ utilization of outpatient care

Variable	B	Sig	Exp (B)	95% CI
Sex	−0.226	0.222	0.798	0.555–1.147
Age (years)	−0.009	0.148	0.991	0.978–1.003
Affective disorders	0.976	0.003	2.653	1.404–5.012
Duration of inpatient stay	0.267	0.031	1.305	1.025–1.662
Service-model	1.405	0.000	4.051	2.2759–6.020
Central admission only	−0.897	0.000	0.408	0.261–0.638
Constant	0.479	0.203	1.615

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Sig, significance.