Table 4.
Correlations between provision of acute and semi-acute beds (per 1000 18+), socioeconomic factors, need indicators and service structure.
| Spearman’s Rho (n = 13) | Size of Population (18+) | Mental Health Index | Education | Unemployment | Sold 100% Alcohol | Single Households | Different Outpatient Services | Different Day Services | Different Community Services (O + D) | Community Orientation * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of acute and semi-acute beds per 1000 (18+) | Correlation Coefficient | −0.055 | 0.377 | 0.163 | 0.017 | 0.606 * | 0.455 | 0.092 | 0.081 | 0.113 | −0.191 |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.858 | 0.204 | 0.595 | 0.957 | 0.028 | 0.119 | 0.765 | 0.792 | 0.714 | 0.532 | |
* Community/residential full time equiavalents relation. The numbers in brackets after catchment areas indicate the data collection order and were used in a previous article [20]. The data in bold: significance p > 0.05.