Outcome
After discharge, we ask families to complete a few short surveys.
Family Satisfaction: Every three months our management group reviews survey results. We achieve, and strive to maintain 85% or better in every category.
Clinical Outcome for Neurobehavioral Services: After discharge, we ask families of children who were neurobehavioral patients to complete surveys. We strive to maintain a minimum outcome of no readmissions within one year of discharge for 85% or more of our discharged neurobehavioral patients.
Results compare outcome for patients who remained compliant with anticonvulsant medication one year post-discharge vs. those who were not compliant.
2003 to 2005*, outcome at one-year post-discharge:
| Re-hospitalization: | Compliant = 13% | non compliant = 57% |
| Incarceration: | Compliant = 0% | non compliant = 43% |
| Decreased frequency of aggression: | Compliant = 97% | non compliant = 57% |
| Decreased severity of aggression: | Compliant = 97% | non compliant = 57% |
2005 to 2006**, outcome at one-year post-discharge:
| Decreased frequency of aggression: | Compliant = 100% | non compliant = 67% |
| Decreased severity of aggression: | Compliant = 93% | non compliant = 60% |
* Wetherill, R., Kroll, G., Fisher, L., and Matthews, D. (2006). Youth with Impulsive Aggression: Anticonvulsant Medication Compliance and Outcome. Abstract of the Poster at the American Neuropsychiatric Association, La Jolla, CA, J. Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 18: 252-255.
** Fisher, W., Kroll, G., Matthews, D., and Fisher, L. (2007). Youth with Impulsive Aggression: Anticonvulsant Compliance and Outcome for 2005-2006. Abstracts of the Poster at the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Tucson, AZ, J. Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 19: 208.
Direct cause and effect of medication compliance and outcome:
| No re-hospitalization | 96 in 100 cases |
| No adjudication | 997 in 1,000 cases |
| Decreased frequency of aggression | 997 in 1,000 cases |
| Decreased severity of aggression | 999 in 1,000 cases |
Statistical probability was calculated by the University of Texas Department of Psychology. This provided an objective, unbiased analysis.
