Ahr P R, Gorodezky M J, Cho D W
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1981 Jun;32(6):398-401. doi: 10.1176/ps.32.6.398.
The results of a correlational analysis of the relationship between monthly state unemployment statistics and admissions to eight Missouri Department of Mental Health facilities are presented. Over a period of 100 months, readmissions, rather than new admissions, showed the strongest positive relationship to unemployment. A second study-a retrospective analysis of admissions before and after a major increase in unemployment-supported the results of the correlational analysis. A third analysis of subset of the original sample, comprised of patients unemployed at the time of admission, suggests that public facilities are more accessible to the unemployed during times of economic adversity. The findings on the relationship of readmission rates to the state of the economy have important implications for policy on deinstitutionalization. The planning, development, and evaluation of community care programs should include consideration of employment data.
本文呈现了对密苏里州每月失业统计数据与该州八个心理健康机构收治情况之间关系的相关性分析结果。在100个月的时间里，再次入院情况而非首次入院情况与失业率呈现出最强的正相关关系。第二项研究——对失业率大幅上升前后收治情况的回顾性分析——支持了相关性分析的结果。对原始样本中入院时失业患者子集的第三次分析表明，在经济困难时期，失业者更容易进入公共机构。再入院率与经济状况之间关系的研究结果对非机构化政策具有重要意义。社区护理项目的规划、发展和评估应考虑就业数据。
