A residential continuum for the chronically mentally ill: a Markov probability model.
The movement of a group of chronically mentally ill clients among various facilities for residential care was described with a Markov probability model. The results of a goodness-of-fit test indicated that the model accurately captured the flow of clients among the state psychiatric hospital, the in-patient units, the community, and three types of group homes. The model was then used to answer several policy-relevant questions about the functioning of the continuum of residential care, such as how often vacancies can be expected to arise and how efficiently clients are progressing along the continuum.
D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006801:Humans; D008390:Markov Chains; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009009:Montana; D011320:Primary Health Care