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Admissions to Institutional Settings Revisited

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1984

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The admission rate for a centre for the developmentally handicapped was examined for the year of its official opening. Contrary to Saunders and Silverman (1982), who report an approximate 100% increase in admissions for the county containing this facility in the same time period, only 1.2% of admissions were found to be true first admissions from the same county in which the new facility was located. These striking differences of percentage can be attributed to their inaccurate definition of the admission rate variable. These results refute their hypothesis that increases in admissions to a facility is a function of proximity.

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Dans un center destiné à des personnes dont le développement est handicapé, on a examiné, au cours de l'année d'ouverture officielle, le taux d'admission. Saunders et Silverman (1982) avaient trouvé une augmentation de 100% des admissions pour le comté offrant ce service durant la mème période; à l'encontre de ces données, les auteurs prétendent que seulement 1.2% des admissions furent de réelles premiéres admissions pour ce méme comté oú le centre fut implanté. Ces étonnantes différences de pourcentage peuvent ètre attribuées à l'inadéquacité de la définition du taux d'admission. Ces résultats rejettent l'hypothèse volulant que l'augmentation des admissions soit fonction de la proximité.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 3Number 1April 1984
Pages: 91 - 93

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Version of record online: 23 April 2009

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J. J. Cyr
Whitby Psychiatric Hospital
G. A. Haley
Whitby Psychiatric Hospital

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