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The relevance of socio-demographic and resource factors in the use of acute psychiatric in-patient care in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Alex Richman ,
Carol Boutilier  and
Pamela Harris
Alex Richman*
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Carol Boutilier
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Pamela Harris
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
1 Address for correspondence: Dr A. Richman Training and Research Unit in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Departments of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada.
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 175 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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