Observed 01
Hospital activity
Admissions, diagnostic distribution, length of stay, discharge type, readmission timing, and resource use were measured descriptively.
Interactive evidence-based learning tool
Post-Detox Care Explorer
Explore how substance-related admissions were managed in a Romanian tertiary psychiatric hospital between 2023 and 2025. Compare acute presentations, examine readmission timing, and see where engagement most often breaks down.
How to read this application
Observed data vs interpretation
Numbers shown in charts and cards come from the study. Neurobiological explanations about early abstinence are presented as context from the literature discussed by the authors, not as mechanisms tested by this hospital dataset.
Interpretation 02
Early abstinence
The article links the first weeks after detoxification to a period of rapid but incomplete cortical recovery. This is a mechanistic hypothesis drawn from external neuroimaging literature.
Important 03
Readmission ≠ relapse
Readmission means return to inpatient care. The authors explicitly warn that it is not a direct measure of relapse.
Module 1
Acute Care Journey
Select an alcohol-related principal diagnosis to compare how frequently it appeared, how long admissions lasted, and how the article places it along the acute-to-chronic spectrum.
F10.0
Acute intoxication
Admissions
Mean staytimestamp-derived
Median stay
Short acute stayLonger stay
Module 2
Readmission Explorer
Switch between Cohort A and Cohort B to inspect observed intervals between consecutive admissions. Cohort B better captures return to hospital across changing principal diagnoses.
Revolving-door pattern
How concentrated was hospital use?
Module 3
Discharge & Engagement Explorer
Compare discharge at the patient's own request across four alcohol-related presentations reported in the study.
Observed
discharged at own request
All principal-diagnosis substance admissions
2023 36.0%2024 38.3%2025 40.9%
The pooled rate across 2023–2025 was 38.5%. The study used administrative discharge categories and notes that these may not perfectly distinguish every type of early departure.