title: [Psychiatric hospitalization in public wards and in private clinics. A comparative study on a population of a district of Turin from 1981 to 1988].
abstract: After the 1978 psychiatric reform law, public inpatient facilities (SPDC) and private clinics, with a higher number of available beds, coexist in the metropolitan area of Turin. Presented data, concerning the population of a specific catchment area, allow a comparison between the admissions in the two kinds of facilities. Patients hospitalized in 1981 were followed up to 1989, evaluating their contacts with the Community Mental Health Centre (SSM). A higher number of admissions in private clinics emerges, but there is no progressive increase during the considered period. The SPDC has evolved towards a sort of 'specialization' in psychotic syndromes; lengths of stay, moreover, were shorter. Public services (SPDC and SSM) seem to play a limited role in meeting the demand for psychiatric care expressed by the considered population.
authors.affiliation: Centro Studi e Ricerche in Psichiatria, USL VI, Torino.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pirfo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tibaldi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cortese
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vidini
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008603:Mental Health; D010343:Patient Admission; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
vernacular_title: Ospedalizzazione psichiatrica in SPDC e cliniche private. Studio comparativo per la popolazione di un quartiere di Torino dal 1981 al 1988.