Psychiatric health service areas in the southeast.
Publication
, Journal Article
Dembling, B; Li, X; Chang, WY; Mackey, S; Merwin, E
Published in: Administration and policy in mental health
May 2001
Analysis of small areas in psychiatric health services research is sensitive to the choice of geographic units. To partially overcome the arbitrary aspects of political boundaries, service areas can be synthesized from empirical data on consumer migration patterns. Using patient flow data from 1991 Medicare discharges, we completed an agglomerative cluster analysis to generate psychiatric health service areas (PHSAs) and found that the optimal solution contained 75 PHSAs. Solutions greater than 75 clusters had high rates of area fragmentation and small single-county clusters. Psychiatric resource supply and health status indicators should be analyzed using expanded geographic units.
Duke Scholars
Published In
Administration and policy in mental health
DOI
EISSN
1573-3289
ISSN
0894-587X
Publication Date
May 2001
Volume
28
Issue
5
Start / End Page
407 / 416
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Southeastern United States
- Small-Area Analysis
- Psychiatry
- Mental Health Services
- Medicare
- Humans
- Health Status Indicators
- Health Services Research
- Cluster Analysis
Citation
APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Dembling, B., Li, X., Chang, W. Y., Mackey, S., & Merwin, E. (2001). Psychiatric health service areas in the southeast. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 28(5), 407–416. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1011170017578
Dembling, B., X. Li, W. Y. Chang, S. Mackey, and E. Merwin. “Psychiatric health service areas in the southeast.” Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28, no. 5 (May 2001): 407–16. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1011170017578.
Dembling B, Li X, Chang WY, Mackey S, Merwin E. Psychiatric health service areas in the southeast. Administration and policy in mental health. 2001 May;28(5):407–16.
Dembling, B., et al. “Psychiatric health service areas in the southeast.” Administration and Policy in Mental Health, vol. 28, no. 5, May 2001, pp. 407–16. Epmc, doi:10.1023/a:1011170017578.
Dembling B, Li X, Chang WY, Mackey S, Merwin E. Psychiatric health service areas in the southeast. Administration and policy in mental health. 2001 May;28(5):407–416.
Published In
Administration and policy in mental health
DOI
EISSN
1573-3289
ISSN
0894-587X
Publication Date
May 2001
Volume
28
Issue
5
Start / End Page
407 / 416
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Southeastern United States
- Small-Area Analysis
- Psychiatry
- Mental Health Services
- Medicare
- Humans
- Health Status Indicators
- Health Services Research
- Cluster Analysis