International comparisons: selected mental health data.
The data set from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was explored to investigate the relationship of gross domestic product (which provides an indication of the wealth of a country) and the provision of psychiatric services (specifically inpatient psychiatric services) in selected OECD countries. Gross domestic product per capita correlated .84 with expenditure per capita on psychiatric hospitals but r was zero between number of beds per 1000 population and length of stay.
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School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors