INPATIENT ADMISSIONS TO SPECIALTY MENTAL-HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS - FORECASTS, 1990 TO 2010

This paper projects inpatient admissions to specialty mental health or ganizations for white, nonwhite, and black persons in five year interv als between 1990 and 2010; The authors suggest that it is reasonable t o expect significant increases in the number of white, nonwhite, and b lack inpatient admissions to all specialty mental health organizations , except state and county mental hospitals, during the next 20 years. Among the different specialty mental health organizations, non-federal general hospitals are expected to have the largest increases, and sta te and county mental hospitals, the smallest.