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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics

Table8a. Amount, percent distribution, and rate per capita1 of expenditures in current dollars, by type of mental health organization: United States, selected years, 1969-20002
Type of organization 1969 1975 1979 1986 1990 1992 1994 1998 2000
  Expenditure in thousands of dollars
All organizations 3,292,563 6,564,312 8,763,795 18,457,741 28,410,261 29,765,202 33,136,440 38,512,290 32,966,178
State and county mental hospitals 1,814,101 3,185,049 3,756,754 6,325,844 7,774,482 7,970,163 7,824,661 7,117,009 6,731,825
Private psychiatric hospitals 220,026 466,720 743,037 2,629,009 6,101,063 5,301,940 6,468,184 4,105,741 3,642,474
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 298,000 621,284 722,868 2,877,739 4,661,574 5,192,984 5,344,188 5,589,434 5,868,143
VA medical centers3 450,000 699,027 848,469 1,337,943 1,480,082 1,529,745 1,386,213 1,689,572 1,159,355
Federally funded community mental health centers 143,491 775,580 1,480,890 - - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 122,711 278,950 436,246 977,616 1,969,283 2,167,324 2,360,363 3,556,955 3,600,290
All other mental organizations4 244,234 537,702 775,531 4,309,590 6,423,777 7,603,066 9,752,831 16,453,579 11,964,091
  Percent distribution of expenditures
All organizations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
State and county mental hospitals 55.1 48.5 42.9 34.3 27.4 26.8 23.6 18.5 20.4
Private psychiatric hospitals 6.7 7.1 8.5 14.2 21.5 17.8 19.5 10.7 11.0
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 9.1 9.5 8.2 15.6 16.4 17.4 16.1 14.5 17.8
VA medical centers3 13.7 10.6 9.7 7.2 5.2 5.1 4.2 4.4 3.5
Federally funded community mental health centers 4.4 11.8 16.9 - - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 3.7 4.2 5.0 5.3 6.9 7.3 7.1 9.2 10.9
All other mental organizations4 7.4 8.2 8.8 23.3 22.6 25.5 29.4 42.7 36.3
  Expenditures per capita civilian population
All organizations 16.53 31.05 39.61 77.10 116.39 116.69 127.86 143.13 117.62
State and county mental hospitals 9.11 15.06 16.86 26.43 31.85 31.25 30.19 26.45 24.02
Private psychiatric hospitals 1.10 2.21 3.34 10.98 24.99 20.78 24.96 15.26 13.00
Non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services 1.50 2.94 3.37 12.02 19.10 20.36 20.62 20.77 20.94
VA medical centers3 2.26 3.31 3.95 5.59 6.06 6.00 5.35 6.28 4.14
Federally funded community mental health centers 0.72 3.67 6.65 - - - - - -
Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children 0.62 1.32 1.96 4.08 8.07 8.50 9.11 13.22 12.85
All other mental organizations4 1.22 2.54 3.48 18.00 26.32 29.80 37.63 61.15 42.69
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 January 1 civilian population of the United States for each year through 1998. The rates for 2000 are based on the decennial Census sample civilian population. 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 1980-98 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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