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Table 7 Cross-sectional length of stay by designated use and legal status

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

 

n

20th centile (days)

50th centile/median (days)

80th centile (days)

% over 1 year

% over 5 years

%

95% confidence interval

%

95% confidence interval

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

All

1,085

21.0

119.0

1,031.0

33.5

30.7

36.3

13

11.1

15.1

Commissioning

 General

900

17.0

80.0

497.0

23.4

20.8

26.3

17.9

15.5

20.5

 Forensic

185

400.8

1,367.0

4,044.8

81.2

74.8

86.1

39.1

32.5

46.4

Open or secure

 Open

869

17.0

83.0

524

24.2

21.4

27.1

8

6.3

9.9

 Secure

216

134.4

1,023.0

3,334.0

70.8

64.4

76.5

33.1

27.1

39.6

Designated length of stay

 Acute

660

12.0

42.5

142.5

6.3

4.7

8.5

0

0

0.01

 Medium/rehabilitation

173

134.8

389.0

1,333.6

52.6

42.5

59.9

13.0

9.0

19.2

 Long stay

252

694.6

1689.5

4,394.0

91.1

87.1

94.2

47.0

40.8

53.0

Mental Health Act status

 Informal

602

15.0

84.0

737.2

28.1

24.6

31.8

10.4

8.3

13.2

 Civil detention

324

20.0

91.0

447.0

22.0

17.8

26.7

5.8

3.8

9.0

 Forensic unrestricted

34

83.0

400.0

1,735.0

65.9

50.8

80.9

16.1

6.4

30.1

 Forensic restricted

124

404.0

1,565.5

4,172.0

82.7

74.6

88.0

43.1

35.1

52.3

Level of therapeutic security

 Open

865

16.2

82.0

506.6

23.7

21.0

26.6

8

6.4

10.0

 Low

63

50.4

540.0

1,362.6

51.6

38.8

62.7

10.3

5.5

32.3

 Medium

86

167.4

571.5

1,744.6

65.1

54.6

74.3

14.4

8.2

22.8

 High

71

1,540.2

3,327.0

1,930.8

96.8

90.3

99.2

91.1

82.8

96.1