Frequent Psychiatric Hospitalization Is Highest Among Those With Schizophrenia

The odds of becoming a “high utilizer” of psychiatric hospital services are highest among those with schizophrenia, at 111% higher. The odds of high utilization were 39% higher when the hospitalized person had a co-occurring personality disorder. A high utilizer is someone who has been admitted for an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization three or more times within one year. People with co-occurring intellectual disability were 106% times more likely to be high utilizers. High utilization was more likely for homeless people (58% higher), unemployed people (69% higher), and unmarried people (75% higher).

In a review of utilization patterns of . . .