Barriers to discharge: A retrospective study of factors associated with stays of longer than 2 years in a French secure hospital unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extended stays in specialist secure hospital units raise ethical concerns. While this topic has been investigated in various countries, there has been little research on it in France.

Aims

We aimed to study the length of stay of patients in the Henri Colin unit, a secure hospital unit in the Paris area and test relationships between length of stay and sociodemographic, clinical and legal features.

Methods

In this records-based retrospective study, we included all 60 inpatients on a census day just prior to the pandemic. We chose a 2-year threshold to define long stay status.

Results

Mean length of stay was just in the long-stay range (756.7 days, SD 1071.2). Over a quarter (17, 28%) of the patients had been hospitalised for more than 2 years and 5 (8

SUBMITTER: Larhant C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617801 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature