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To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2008.08.008 Byline: Amanda Chiu (a), Huong V. Nguyen (a), Sharon Reutens (b), David Grace (b), Robert Schmidtman (b), Qing Shen (a)(c), Jack Chen (d), Daniel K.Y. Chan (a)(c) Keywords: Psychogeriatric service; Mental health during aging; Length of stay Abstract: To examine the effect of co-location of psychogeriatric and geriatric services on length of stay and changes in patients' psychosocial characteristics. A retrospective analysis of the performance indices of psychogeriatric patients aged [greater than or equal to]50 years admitted to a co-located psychogeriatric and geriatric unit at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, New South Wales (NSW), Australia from April 2004 to June 2006. Comparisons were made between the performance of the Bankstown-Lidcombe's unit and the NSW state average (consisting of traditional solitary models of care) with respect to patients' length of stay (LOS) and changes in psychosocial indices. Bankstown's patients had a higher burden of psychosocial impairments. The mean LOS for psychogeriatric episodes was significantly shorter at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital than the NSW state average (28.3[+ or -]19.6 days vs. 33.4[+ or -]22.7 days, p Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Age Care and Rehabilitation, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Locked Bag 1600, Bankstown, NSW 2200, Australia (b) Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Locked Bag 1600, Bankstown, NSW 2200, Australia (c) Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia (d) Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, University of New South Wales, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC 1871, NSW, Australia Article History: Received 13 May 2008; Revised 15 August 2008; Accepted 27 August 2008