P.E.I. has the country's shortest hospital stays for mental wellness patients, merely also the highest readmission rates, suggesting the girdle are also short, says a new report.
The work by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, released this calendar week, looks at the almost recent information available, which is from 2005-06. It found P.E.I. had the country's worst record for both readmission within 30 days � 11.7 per centime � and readmission inside a year � 32 per cent.
Nationally the rates are 9.2 per cent for 30 days and 22.9 per cent for a year.
The report suggests patients from P.E.I. aren't receiving long enough discourse. Every state with a longer period of remain has a lower rate of readmission.
Despite those figures, Ian Joiner, manager of mental health and rehabilitation at CIHI, told CBC News Wednesday the position on P.E.I. appears to be improving.
"We looked at length of stay and unplanned readmissions, and the number of people that returned to a infirmary following a stay has decreased between the days 2004 and 2005," said Joiner.
No ane from the Department of Health was available to comment on the report Wednesday.
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