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Section V: Insurance for Mental Health Care
Table 2. Patients receiving antipsychotic medication in 1999
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Patients Receiving Antipsychotic Medication
for at Least 7 Days (study sample) |
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Total Population Receiving Antipsychotic Medication,
1999 |
TOTAL |
Admitted prior to 1999 ("Residents") |
1999 Admissions ("Additions") |
| Number of Unique Patients |
8,060 |
7,917 |
4,462* |
3,725** |
| Number of Patient Episodes (hospitalizations) |
8,899 |
8,589 |
4,466 (52.0%) |
4,123 (48.0%) |
| Gender |
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| Male |
5,813 (65.3%) |
5,615 (65.4%) |
3,003 (67.2%) |
2,612 (63.4%) |
| Female |
3,086 (34.7%) |
2,974 (34.6%) |
1,463 (32.8%) |
1,511 (36.6%) |
| Mean Length of Stay |
1,162 days |
1,191 days |
2,205 days |
145.7 days |
| Age (years) |
44.4 |
44.4 |
46.6 |
42.1 |
| Number of Prior Admissions |
4.3 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
| Probability of Discharge from Hospital Within 1 Year |
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39.5% |
82.5% |
| Diagnostic Distribution: (patients with indicated Dx as primary
Dx of episode) |
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Schizophrenia
(295.1, 295.2, 295.3, 295.6) |
4,047 (45.5%) |
3,942 (45.9%) |
2,293 (51.3%) |
1,649 (40.0%) |
Schizoaffective
(295.7) |
2,631 (29.6%) |
2,526 (29.4%) |
1,179 (26.4%) |
1,347 (32.7%) |
Bipolar
(296.4x, 296.5x, 296.6x, 296.7x, 296.8x, 296.0x) |
902 (10.1%) |
869 (10.1%) |
341 (7.6%) |
528 (12.8%) |
| Depression (296.2x, 296.3x) |
348 (3.9%) |
323 (3.8%) |
105 (2.4%) |
218 (5.3%) |
| Other or no Dx |
971 (10.9%) |
929 (10.8%) |
548 (12.3%) |
381 (9.3%) |
ETHNICITY
(terms are as coded in State patient database) |
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| White |
47.9% |
47.7% |
49.0% |
46.3% |
| Black |
35.9% |
36.0% |
35.4% |
36.7% |
| Hispanic |
13.0% |
13.1% |
13.2% |
12.9% |
| Other |
3.2% |
3.2% |
2.4% |
4.1% |
* Four patients were erroneously listed in the database
as having two simultaneous active admissions as of 1/1/99.
** Includes 270 unique patients who were in the hospital on 1/1/99 and
had at least one subsequent discharge and readmission during 1999. |
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