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Death and deinstitutionalization

T J Craig, S P Lin

    The American Journal of Psychiatry
    |February 1, 1981
    PubMed
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    Deinstitutionalization led to significant reductions in mortality for elderly psychiatric patients, particularly from pneumonia. This highlights the need for data-driven hospital planning.

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    Area of Science:

    • Geriatric Psychiatry
    • Public Health Policy
    • Hospital Administration

    Background:

    • Rapid deinstitutionalization of state mental hospital populations.
    • Focus on mortality trends in elderly patients (65+).

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze mortality rate changes in elderly psychiatric patients during deinstitutionalization.
    • To investigate specific causes of death affected by these changes.

    Main Methods:

    • Statistical analysis of death rates in a state mental hospital population.
    • Comparison of mortality trends before and during deinstitutionalization.
    • Stratification of data by age (65+) and cause of death.

    Main Results:

    • Statistically significant reductions in overall mortality for elderly patients (65+).

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  • Most pronounced decrease in pneumonia-related deaths.
  • Moderate decrease in cardiac deaths; no significant change in cancer deaths.

    • Conclusions:

    • Deinstitutionalization may have indirectly benefited the mortality of elderly, hospitalized psychiatric patients.
    • Program planning requires continuous trend analysis, not static data, for accurate hospital bed projections.