Skip to main content

Table 6 Lengths of stay (LOS)—all are cross-sectional lengths of stay (days)

From: The virtual institution: cross-sectional length of stay in general adult and forensic psychiatry beds

 

LOS (days)

95% CI

LOS (days)

95% CI

LOS (days)

95% CI

LOS (days)

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Gender

Male

  

Female

        

 Number

661

  

420

        

 Mean LOS

1,196.5

987.5

1,405.5

612.3

423.4

801.2

      

 Median LOS

162

121.4

202.6

79.0

56.0

101.9

      

General or forensic

General

  

Forensic

        

 Number

900

  

185

        

 Mean LOS

697.6

541.7

853.5

2,272.6

1,906.6

2,638.6

      

 Median LOS

79.0

67.2

90.8

1,367.0

965.0

1,768.9

      

Open or secure

Open

  

Secure

        

 Number

869

  

216

        

 Mean LOS

725.9

563.3

888.7

1,932.4

1,612.7

2,252.2

      

 Median LOS

83.0

68.9

97.1

1,015.0

654.9

1,375.1

      

Designated length of stay

Acute

  

Medium term/rehab

  

Long term

     

 Number

660

  

172

  

253

     

 Mean LOS (days)

105.6

91.6

120.4

974.0

705.3

1,242.7

3,204.7

2,692.5

3,716.9

   

 Median LOS (days)

42.0

36.4

47.6

387.0

290.6

483.4

1,692.0

1,463.4

1,920.6

   

Mental health act status

Informal

  

civil

  

Forensic unrestricted

  

Forensic restricted

  

 Number

602

  

324

  

34

  

124

  

 Mean LOS

896.7

671.5

1,121.9

479.2

351.3

607.0

1,358.2

581.5

2,134.9

2,475.8

1,986.8

2,564.7

 Median LOS

84.0

64.8

103.2

91.0

72.4

109.6

372.0

0

923.4

1,541.0

1,196.5

1,885.5

Level of therapeutic security

Open

  

Low secure

  

Medium secure

  

High secure

  

 Number

865

  

63

  

86

  

71

  

 Mean LOS

716.2

554.1

878.2

831.7

476.8

1,186.7

1,104.5

830.5

1,378.6

3,963.5

3,277.0

4,650.1

 Median LOS

82.0

67.9

96.1

540.0

133.3

946.7

567.0

363.4

770.6

3,327.0

1,939.9

4,714.1