Do you recommend prolonging hospitalization for a patient with severe substance use disorder to facilitate discharge directly to inpatient rehab?
Are there situations where this is more or less critical? How long is it reasonable to extend an admission for this reason alone?
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How long would you extend a hospitalization for a patient with a severe substance use disorder to facilitate discharge directly to an inpatient rehab facility?
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Hospital Medicine · Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University
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In general, it is not recommended to prolong hospitalization solely to facilitate direct transfer to residential substance use treatment if the patient is otherwise medically stable for discharge. This is the case once withdrawal has been adequately managed, coexisting medical and psychiatric condit...
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