Mental illness in nursing homes; United States, 1985

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• Personal Author:
  Strahan, Genevieve W. ; Burns, Barbara J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  This report presents statistics on residents of nursing homes who had at least one condition that can be classified as a mental illness. Data for this major subgroup of nursing home residents are presented by length of stay since admission, source of payment in the month before the survey, functional dependencies in the activities of daily living, usual living arrangements prior to admission, and reasons for admission, according to major demographic and facility characteristics. This report also includes selected comparisons between residents with and without mental disorders. Estimates are based on data collected in the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey.
• Content Notes:
  By Genevieve Strahan and Barbara J. Burns.
  
  "Based on data collected in the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey."
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 16).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Mental Disorders Nursing Homes
• Source:
  Vital and health statistics. Series 13, Data from the National Health Survey ; no. 105 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 91-1766
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; iv, 85 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• Issue:
  105
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9ca62720ee5e54efc83c744a9e0ef55bc57e76919b8255a75e1bd23f41fb71c14e5f45473833fc30c2fb141056014158cc2e54153e7bce1a2570f872fefdfe8f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6157/cdc_6157_DS1.pdf
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