Figure C.2: State and County Psychiatric Hospitals in California

Hospital Name Number of Bedsa Facility Characteristics Average Length of Stay (Days)b
State Psychiatric Hospitals
Atascadero State Hospital 1,145 Maximum-security forensic 348.0
Metropolitan State Hospital 1,184 140-bed children's unit, minimum-security forensic, and adult civil commitments 276.0
Napa State Hospital 1,362 Low- to moderate-security forensic and adult civil commitments 440.0
Patton State Hospital 1,293 Maximum-security forensic 284.0
Psychiatric Health Facilities (County Owned)
Butte County Mental Health 16 Adults 3.8
El Dorado County Mental Health 15 Adults 6.4
Fresno County PHF 16 Adults 7.9
Marie Green Psychiatric Center 16 Adults and children 5.6
Sacramento County Mental Health Treatment Center 100 Adults and children 19.7
San Joaquin County Mental Health Service 40 Adults 9.2
Santa Barbara County PHF 16 Adults 5.3
Sempervirens PHF 16 Adults 7.3
Shasta County Mental Health Services 15 Adults and children 5.3
Sutter-Yuba PHF 16 Adults 10.9

aLicensed bed information from California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development's Hospital Quarterly Financial Reports. Second Quarter of 2002.
bState hospital information from Department of Mental Health (2001, November) "State Hospital Benchmark Reports FY00-01," available at www.dmh.cahwnet.gov/SADA/default.asp. PHF information from Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development's Hospital Quarterly Financial Reports.

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