47.8% of California Patients Admitted With Psychoses Diagnosis Readmitted Within One Year

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News In 2005, 47.8% of patients at California hospitals who were diagnosed with psychoses were readmitted to the hospital within one year. Of all the patients in California who were readmitted within one year after hospitalization, 551,891 patients (93%) had initially been admitted for general acute care; 43,089 patients (7%) had initially been admitted for psychiatric care; and less than one percent, or 2,993 patients, had initially been admitted for chemical dependency. These are findings of a report titled “Readmissions to California Hospitals, 2005 to 2006,” released in . . .