Patients on outpatient commitment orders in Northern Norway

BMC Psychiatry

Table 5 Use of inpatient care for patients on their first ever OC order, three years before and three years after their index OC (n = 38)^a

	Three years before Index OC	Three years after Index OC
Number of inpatient admissions *
Mean	3	7.3
Median	2	3
Range	1–14	0-48^b
Total number of inpatient days*
Mean	77.1	109.5
Median	48	60.5
Range	7–174	0-717^b
Mean duration of inpatient stay per admission*	25.7	15

* p < 0.01
^a16 patients with less than three years observation time as mental health care patients before the index OC were excluded from the analysis
^bOne person had no admissions three years after the index OC

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