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Table 20.4. Adult and child IP and OP* admissions—Number and percent of admissions
by source of referral by type of specialty mental health organization: United States, 1997
  Facility to which the person is referred  Personal Referral Referral from
Community Setting
Referral from
Outpatient* Setting
Referral from Inpatient/Residential Setting
Number Row % 95% CI Number Row % 95% CI Number Row % 95% CI Number Row % 95% CI
AI State & county mental hospitals 17,440 10.2 7.1 14.5 59,765 35.1 28.4 42.4 44,326 26.0 19.0 34.6 48,728 28.6 22.1 36.2
Private psychiatric hospitals 122,367 35.1 28.3 42.6 39,905 11.5 7.1 17.9 121,737 35.0 28.1 42.5 64,236 18.5 14.1 23.8
Non-Federal general hospitals 412,062 43.4 37.5 49.6 133,244 14.1 10.7 18.3 235,322 24.8 19.7 30.8 167,939 17.7 13.9 22.2
VA medical centers 68,309 67.2 61.7 72.2 8,567 8.4 6.2 11.4 12,695 12.5 9.0 17.1 12,129 11.9 8.8 16.0
AO State & county mental hospitals 6,797 24.1 19.0 30.0 5,688 20.1 12.1 31.5 6,464 22.9 11.0 41.5 9,313 33.0 23.6 43.9
Private psychiatric hospitals 50,286 38.0 31.2 45.4 14,740 11.2 7.6 16.1 38,031 28.8 22.2 36.4 29,142 22.0 15.8 30.0
Non-Federal general hospitals 185,477 42.8 36.3 49.7 36,481 8.4 6.0 11.8 106,835 24.7 19.7 30.5 104,112 24.1 19.1 29.8
VA medical centers 89,359 65.7 57.7 72.9 10,790 7.9 4.9 12.6 23,748 17.5 13.0 23.1 12,088 8.9 6.2 12.6
Multiservice MH organizations 410,277 41.7 37.3 46.2 254,093 25.8 22.1 29.9 174,709 17.8 14.6 21.4 144,922 14.7 11.8 18.3
RTC 23,321 47.6 39.3 56.1 15,857 32.4 23.0 43.4 6,881 14.1 9.1 21.0 2,927 6.0 3.1 11.1
Freestanding OP clinics/partial care 305,423 50.5 45.6 55.4 144,403 23.9 19.7 28.7 76,000 12.6 10.0 15.7 78,730 13.0 9.9 17.0
CI State & county mental hospitals 1,861 9.3 4.8 17.5 8,533 42.8 32.3 54.0 4,319 21.7 12.4 35.1 5,211 26.2 16.3 39.1
Private psychiatric hospitals 34,784 23.3 17.8 29.9 29,068 19.5 15.2 24.6 47,491 31.8 25.0 39.4 38,062 25.5 19.6 32.5
Non-Federal general hospitals 28,505 32.9 19.0 50.6 20,745 23.9 15.4 35.2 22,673 26.2 14.0 43.5 14,739 17.0 8.2 32.0
CO State & county mental hospitals 1,520 25.1 11.6 46.1 3,068 50.7 31.5 69.7 506 8.4 3.3 19.7 958 15.8 6.1 35.2
Private psychiatric hospitals 29,482 38.3 31.2 46.0 21,741 28.3 20.1 38.2 15,635 20.3 12.8 30.8 10,035 13.1 8.1 20.4
Non-Federal general hospitals 65,638 39.9 30.5 50.2 34,849 21.2 15.8 27.9 46,449 28.3 20.0 38.3 17,478 10.6 6.7 16.6
Multiservice MH organizations 161,414 42.3 38.2 46.5 159,716 41.8 37.2 46.6 34,159 9.0 6.5 12.2 26,564 7.0 4.9 9.8
RTC 15,348 31.3 24.0 39.7 25,641 52.3 42.5 61.9 4,522 9.2 5.7 14.6 3,493 7.1 4.7 10.8
Freestanding OP clinics/partial care 113,384 39.4 33.8 45.2 124,039 43.1 36.6 49.7 33,336 11.6 8.1 16.3 17,346 6.0 3.9 9.2
AI=Adult Inpatient AO=Adult Outpatient CI=Child Inpatient CO=Child Outpatient
*The term “outpatient” refers to less than 24-hour care programs (i.e., mental health services that are not provided overnight). Included are outpatient and partial care services provided in organized mental health care settings. 
** Estimate is based on five or fewer sample cases or has a relative standard error of 50 percent or higher; therefore, it is not shown because it does not meet standards of reliability. 
Source: 1997 Client/Patient Sample Survey. Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.

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