Table 4. Number, percent distribution, and rate1 of less than 24-hour care additions, by type of mental health organization: United States, selected years, 1969–982

Type of organization 1969 1975 1979 1986 1990 1992 19945 1998
  Number of less than 24-hour care additions
All organizations 1,202,098 2,453,105 2,807,058 2,955,337 3,298,473 3,164,437 3,516,403 3,967,019
State and county mental hospitals 174,737 160,283 91,727 67,986 48,211 49,609 41,759 41,692
Private psychiatric hospitals 28,412 36,044 33,471 132,175 163,164 206,169 213,566 226,325
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 188,652 268,881 237,008 532,960 658,567 479,596 497,523 614,866
VA medical centers3 20,290 101,723 127,221 132,589 183,621 158,982 132,417 143,338
Federally funded community mental health centers 189,670 878,730 1,320,637 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 8,591 23,215 22,172 67,344 99,503 121,131 167,344 153,051
All other mental health organizations4 591,746 984,229 974,822 2,022,283 2,145,407 2,148,950 2,463,794 2,787,747
  Percent distribution of less than 24-hour care additions
All organizations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
State and county mental hospitals 14.5 6.5 3.3 2.3 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.1
Private psychiatric hospitals 2.4 1.5 1.2 4.5 4.9 6.5 6.1 5.7
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 15.7 11.0 8.4 18.0 20.0 15.2 14.1 15.5
VA medical centers3 1.7 4.1 4.5 4.5 5.6 5.0 3.8 3.6
Federally funded community mental health centers 15.8 35.8 47.0 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 0.7 0.9 0.8 2.3 3.0 3.8 4.8 3.9
All other mental health organizations4 49.2 40.1 34.7 68.4 65.0 67.9 70.1 70.3
  Less than 24-hour care additions per 100,000 civilian population
All organizations 603.8 1,142.7 1,236.6 1,233.4 1,352.4 1,255.2 1,356.8 1,474.6
State and county mental hospitals 87.8 74.7 40.4 28.4 19.8 19.7 16.1 15.5
Private psychiatric hospitals 14.3 16.8 14.7 55.2 66.9 81.8 82.4 84.1
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 94.8 125.3 104.4 222.4 270.0 190.2 192.0 228.6
VA medical centers3 10.2 47.4 56.0 55.3 75.3 63.1 51.1 53.3
Federally funded community mental health centers 95.3 409.3 581.8 - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 4.3 10.8 9.8 28.1 40.8 48.0 64.6 56.9
All other mental health organizations4 297.2 458.5 429.4 844.0 879.6 852.4 950.7 1,036.2

Sources: Published and unpublished inventory data from the Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services. Sums of percentages or rates for institution types might not equal 100 percent or the overall rate because of rounding.
1 The population used in the calculation of these rates is the July 1 civilian popluation of the United States for the respective years. Data for 1969–92 are the summation of partial care and outpatient care additions. The 1994 survey format was changed and partial care is now included with outpatient, and together are called "less than 24-hour care."
2 Some organizations were reclassified as a result of changes in reporting procedures and definitions. For 1979–80, comparable data were not available for certain organization types and data for either an earlier or a later period were substituted. These factors influence the comparability of 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, and 1994 data with those of earlier years.
3 Includes Department of Veterans Affairs (formerly Veterans Administration) (VA) neuropsychiatric hospitals, VA general hospital psychiatric services, and VA psychiatric outpatient clinics.
4 Includes freestanding psychiatric outpatient clinics, partial care organizations, and multiservice mental health organizations. Multiservice mental health organizations were redefined in 1984.

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