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Analysis of readmissions to a community mental health center

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This paper presents and discusses data on the readmissions experience of a community-based psychiatric treatment facility. Nearly one-half of all patients experienced readmission within four years. Further, the admission, treatment, and discharge of a cohort of admissions represents roughly onehalf of the treatmenteffort which will be absorbed by that cohort within four years. The resulting finding is that the treatment of old patients consumes increasing amounts of space, money, and manpower, thus blocking access of new applicants to treatment. A differentiation of readmissions is proposed, intended to permit more effective evaluative use of readmissions experience.

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  1. Michigan Health and Social Security Research Institute, Detroit, Michigan

    Thomas S. McPartland Ph.D. (sociologist, Senior Research Consultant)

  2. Greater Kansas City Mental Health Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri

    Robert H. Richart Ph.D. (social ecologist, Director of Field Projects)

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  1. Thomas S. McPartland Ph.D.
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He was formerly Director of Research, Greater Kansas City Mental Health Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri.

The research on which this paper is based was supported by NIMH, grants MH 1385 and MH 519.

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McPartland, T.S., Richart, R.H. Analysis of readmissions to a community mental health center. Community Ment Health J 2, 22–26 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01420318

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