Desired outcomes have been variable, and have included quality of life improvement, slowing progression of functional decline, and reducing ED visits and recidivism [3, 4].
After adjusting for age, race and number of previous events, having some high school education versus none marginally decreased the hazard for probation recidivism and having > 5 inpatient psychiatric admissions versus none increased the hazard of probation recidivism 7-fold (HR 7.49, 95% CI 1.33 42.12, p = 0.022).
Due to large and increasing costs associated with inpatient hospitalization, CMS and private payers have adopted hospital utilization measures as markers of efficiency, specifically focusing on rehospitalization rates and emergency department recidivism [12].
As such, the aims of this study are twofold: 1) to identify, using a population-based sample, the prevalence and risk factors for injury recidivism; 2) to investigate the trend in nationwide rates of recidivism over the period between years 2004 and 2010.
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There was a high rate of recidivism; 16% of ICU patients had received ICU care previously.
From a random selection of 44 studies, evaluations or meta-analyses of diversion and alternatives programmes, 31.8% showed evidence of 'significant' reduced recidivism, 22.7% showed evidence of 'somewhat' reduced recidivism, 11.4% showed no evidence of reduced recidivism, 2.3% cited programmes in general which do not have an effect in this area, and 31.8% showed inconclusive or mixed findings.
However, a substantial proportion of the entire sample of juvenile sex offenders showed non-sexual (55.6%) and violent recidivism (32.1%).
Applying the strict definition of recidivism, 3.0% (n = 7) of all subjects re-offended with a sex and/or violent offense during the six year follow-up.
15 Most studies evaluating the psychometric properties of violence assessment instruments for use in men have focused on instruments assessing men's perpetration, 16 recidivism 17 or attitudes to violence.
