New CIHI data on hospital mental health services
Version imprimableMay 8, 2007
According to data released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Canadian hospitals reported 147,642 separations (or discharges) related to mental illness in 2004-2005. This represents 605 hospitalizations per 100,000 population. In 2004-2005, patients with mental illness stayed, on average, almost 16 days in Canadian general hospitals. The overall average length of stay for mental health patients in both general and psychiatric hospitals was just over 27 days in 2004-2005. Data from psychiatric hospitals in Quebec were not available.
Read the full report: Availability of Hospital Mental Health Data 2004-2005.
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