Windle C, Bass R D, Gray L
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1987 Jul;38(7):729-34. doi: 10.1176/ps.38.7.729.
To measure how much federally funded community mental health centers increased the quantity and range of mental health services, 63 catchment areas in which CMHCs began to receive federal funding in 1974-75 were matched individually with catchment areas that never received federal CMHC funding. The two groups of catchment areas were compared to determine average increases from 1973 to 1980 in amounts of services, mental health staff, expenditures, and accessibility and availability of services. Results showed that establishment of local CMHCs had a clear impact on the quantity and the availability and accessibility of services in the catchment area. The effect sizes resulting merely from the passage of time and from CMHC funding were compared.
为衡量联邦政府资助的社区心理健康中心在多大程度上增加了心理健康服务的数量和范围，选取了63个集水区，这些集水区的社区心理健康中心于1974 - 1975年开始接受联邦资金，并将它们分别与从未接受过联邦社区心理健康中心资金的集水区进行匹配。比较这两组集水区，以确定1973年至1980年期间在服务量、心理健康工作人员数量、支出以及服务的可及性和可得性方面的平均增长情况。结果表明，当地社区心理健康中心的设立对集水区内服务的数量、可得性和可及性产生了明显影响。还比较了仅由时间推移和社区心理健康中心资金所产生的效应大小。
