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100			_9291 _aBrowne, Graeme
245			_aType of housing predicts rate of readmission to hospital but not length of stay in people with schizophrenia on the Gold Coast in Queensland
260			_bAustralian Health Review, _c2004.
300			_a8 pages
500			_aKEYWORDS: Schizophrenia, boarding houses, hospital discharge, accommodation
520			_aAccommodation is considered to be important by institutions interested in mental health care both in Australia and internationally. Some authorities assert that no component of a community mental health system is more important than decent affordable housing. Unfortunately there has been little research in Australia into the consequences of discharging people with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia to different types of accommodation. This paper uses archival data to investigate the outcomes for people with schizophrenia discharged to two types of accommodation. The types of accommodation chosen are the person’s own home and for-profit boarding house. These two were chosen because the literature suggests that they are respectively the most and least desirable types of accommodation. Results suggest that people with schizophrenia who were discharged to boarding houses are significantly more likely to be readmitted to the psychiatric unit of Gold Coast Hospital, although their length of stay in hospital is not significantly different.
650		0	_aHealth & Comfort _zQLD _9498
700			_9292 _aCourtney, Mary
700			_9243 _aMeehan, Tom
856			_uhttps://www.publish.csiro.au/ah/AH042710065 _yView item on publishers website
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