Table 2.
Diversity, pattern and balance of older people’s mental health main types of care in the study areas.
| Study Areas | Urban Study Areas | Rural Study Areas | Australia | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane North | ACT | Eastern Melbourne | Central & Eastern Sydney | Northern Sydney | South Western Sydney | Western Sydney | Perth South | Perth North | Total | Country Western Australia | Western NSW | Total | Total Number/Estimation (95% CI) | |
| Mental health service provision (raw numbers) | ||||||||||||||
| Number of MTC | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 86 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 110 |
| Diversity of MTC in older people (>64) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| Diversity of MTC in the general adult population (>18) | 31 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 69 | 25 | 24 | 36 | 71 |
| Diversity of MTC in children, adolescent and young adults (<25) | 6 † | 12 | 20 | 7 ‡ | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 33 †,‡ | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 |
| Balance of care (percentage of total MTC) | ||||||||||||||
| Health care (%) | 25.0 | 100.0 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 83.3 | 65.0 | 94.1 | 81.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 85.5 (78.9–92.0) |
| Other care (%) | 75.0 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 35.0 | 5.9 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.5 (8.0–21.1) |
| Care classification (percentage of total MTC) | ||||||||||||||
| Hospital (%) | 25.0 | 66.7 | 14.3 | 20,0 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 47.1 | 32.6 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 4.2 | 26.4 (18.1–34.6) |
| Community residential (%) | 25.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 (0.7–8.4) |
| Day care (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 (−0.7–4.3) |
| Health outpatient (%) | 0.0 | 33.3 | 28.6 | 80.0 | 62.5 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 40.0 | 47.1 | 48.8 | 100.0 | 33.3 | 95.8 | 59.1 (49.9–68.3) |
| Social outpatient (%) | 50.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 (−0.3–5.8) |
| Info. (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 (0.7–8.4) |
| Access. (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 (−0.9–2.7) |
ACT; Australian Capital Territory, MTC; Main Type of Care, n-mob; Non-mobile outpatient care, mob; Mobile outpatient care, Info; information for care, Access; Accessibility to care. † Only services for transition to adulthood in Brisbane North; ‡ Only services in South Eastern Sydney LHD in Central Eastern Sydney.