Table 2.
Service characteristics of hospitalized psychiatric patients in Victoria, Australia, who were or were not placed on conditional release between 1990 and 2000
| Total (N=24,973) | Given conditional release (N=8,879) | Not given conditional release (N = 16,094) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | N | M | SD | N | M | SD | N | M | SD |
| Age at entry to mental health system | 24,973 | 36.5 | 18.9 | 8,879 | 33.3 | 17.2 | 16,094 | 38.3 | 19.6 |
| During the study period | |||||||||
| Total inpatient days | 24,973 | 133.0 | 197.0 | 8,879 | 131.1 | 282.0 | 16,094 | 77.0 | 254.3 |
| Total inpatient episodes | 24,973 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 8,879 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 16,094 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
| Total community treatment days | 22,368 | 96.3 | 265.7 | 8,778 | 203.9 | 232.0 | 13,590 | 86.9 | 154.8 |
| Treatment days per community care episode | 22,368 | 27.9 | 46.5 | 8,778 | 35.6 | 44.9 | 13,590 | 23.0 | 46.8 |