Medication-related characteristics of a high-utilizer psychiatric population.

Objective: To identify medication-related and nonmedication-related characteristics and risk factors for readmission in a high-utilizer psychiatric population.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, patients were identified through the institution's electronic medical records as high utilizers if they had 5 or more psychiatric admissions or at least 1 30-day psychiatric readmission from July 2012 through March 2014. The primary outcome was to identify medication-related characteristics.