title: International comparisons: selected mental health data.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Pillay
mesh_terms: 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