The relevance of socio-demographic and resource factors in the use of acute psychiatric in-patient care in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 14 (1) , 175-182
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700003184
Abstract
Synopsis This study assessed the inter-relations of socio-demographic, resource and policy factors with standardized measures of short-term psychiatric bed-use in 42 counties of Atlantic Canada. The policy factor made up two-thirds of the total variability (61%) accounted for among males, and nearly one-half of the 47% accounted for among females. An accurate assessment of in-patient resource needs is seen as resulting from intertwining morbidity surveys with utilization studies.Keywords
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