title: Regional variation in patterns of inpatient psychiatric care.
abstract: Regional variation in both average length of stay and number of beds per 100,000 population is described for inpatient psychiatric care in the United States during 1983. The greatest differences were between the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, on the one hand, and the Pacific and Southwest regions, on the other. Medical centers of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), whose policies are largely centrally determined, followed the same regional trends. Regional average length of stay, particularly in public sector mental health care organizations, was higher in regions with more occupied beds per 100,000 population.
authors.affiliation: Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven VA Medical Center, Conn.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenheck
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Astrachan
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States