Wainwright T
N Z Med J. 1985 Jul 10;98(782):548-51.
National published data, Sunnyside Hospital records and a survey of private institutions were used to ascertain trends over time in the use of services for alcohol-related brain damage in the Canterbury region. One hundred and forty-three individuals in long-term care in 1982 were identified, a rate of 42 per 100 000 population. The proportion of psychiatric hospital beds occupied by these patients rose from 3% in 1971 to 12% in 1981. The rate of first admissions remained stable during this period while readmissions rose sharply, then levelled off. Average length of stay and number of readmissions increased and average age of admissions dropped; however these differences were not statistically significant. The data, together with changes in hospital programmes and diagnostic practice over the same period, suggest that the rise in bed occupancy may reflect an extension of the hospital's services to a group not previously offered long-term care, particularly less disabled persons.
利用全国公布的数据、 Sunnyside医院的记录以及对私立机构的一项调查，来确定坎特伯雷地区与酒精相关脑损伤服务使用情况随时间的趋势。1982年确定了143名长期护理患者，每10万人口中有42人。这些患者占用的精神病医院床位比例从1971年的3%上升到1981年的12%。在此期间，首次入院率保持稳定，而再入院率急剧上升，然后趋于平稳。平均住院时间和再入院次数增加，入院平均年龄下降；然而，这些差异在统计学上并不显著。这些数据，连同同期医院项目和诊断实践的变化，表明床位占用率的上升可能反映了医院服务范围扩大到了以前未提供长期护理的群体，特别是残疾程度较轻的人。
