Table 2.4.7
ESTIMATED DISCHARGES OF MENTAL ILLNESS PATIENTS
FROM NHS FACILITIES BY AGE, LENGTH OF STAY AND DESTINATION: 1991-92
AND 1996-97: ENGLAND
(Number and percentages)
| 1991-92
| 1996-97 (1) |
Intended discharge
destination
| length of stay
less than
one year
| length of stay
of one year
or more
| length of stay
less than
one year
| length of stay
of one year
or more
|
| Aged under 65 | |
| | |
| NUMBER | 131,300 | 2,270
| 136,700 | 1,700 |
| Percentage breakdown2 | |
| | |
| Usual residence3 | 88 | 43
| 87 | 46 |
| Temporary residence | 3 |
7 | 4 | 6 |
| Other NHS provider4 | 5 |
26 | 5 | 27 |
| LA residential | 1 | 10
| 0 | 5 |
| Non NHS institution5 | 1 |
12 | 1 | 5 |
| Other and not known6 | 1 |
2 | 3 | 11 |
| Aged 65 or over | |
| | |
| NUMBER | 66,200 | 2,480
| 73,600 | 900 |
| Percentage breakdown2 | |
| | |
| Usual residence3 | 78 | 21
| 74 | 34 |
| Temporary residence | 3 |
4 | 3 | 4 |
| Other NHS provider4 | 7 |
39 | 9 | 40 |
| LA residential | 4 | 11
| 2 | 6 |
| Non NHS institution5 | 7 |
22 | 5 | 12 |
| Other and not known6 | 1 |
3 | 7 | 4 |
Footnotes:
(1) Estimates for 1996-97 are provisional and are based on returns from five regional offices.
(2) Percentages relate to intended discharge of patients as recorded in patients' notes and are based on unrounded data.
(3) Usual residence excludes the other categories listed in this table. It includes private dwellings whether owner occupied or rented and sheltered accommodation but not residential or nursing care. It includes patients with no fixed abode.
(4) Other NHS Trust hospitals or NHS run nursing homes.
(5) Independent residential or nursing care homes and private hospitals.
(6) Prison, special hospital, not known.
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