THE NORDIC COMPARATIVE-STUDY ON SECTORIZED PSYCHIATRY - UTILIZATION OF PSYCHIATRIC-HOSPITAL CARE RELATED TO AMOUNT AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO PSYCHIATRIC-SERVICES

As a part of a Nordic comparative study on sectorized psychiatry, util ization of inpatient care was related to resources and dynamic qualiti es of psychiatric services in seven catchment areas in four Nordic cou ntries, One-year treated incidence cohorts were used. Each patient was followed for 1 year after first contact with the psychiatric service, Data were collected concerning number of beds and staff, number of lo ng-term patients and turnover rate of patients in inpatient care, Find ings gave some support to the earlier reports that the utilization of inpatient care is determined by the supply of available beds, Highly s taffed community services did not themselves reduce the use of inpatie nt services, but availability of day care services seemed to reduce ut ilization of inpatient care among psychotic patients.