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released: 27 Jun 2001 author: AIHW media release

"Mental health services in Australia 1998-99: National Minimum Data Sets - mental health care" provides detailed statistics on the characteristics and hospital care of admitted patients with a mental health related diagnosis and/or who were treated in specialised psychiatric services during 1998-99. For the first time data on Australia's community based mental health services are presented. These data, and data on psychiatric hospitals, include the number of services and beds in Australia, and key statistics on staffing and expenditure. The report also outlines data developments for collecting more comprehensive mental health service information.

ISSN 1443-6795; ISBN 978 1 74024 125 0; Cat. no. HSE 15; 160pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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AIHW 2001. Mental health services in Australia 1998-99: National Minimum Data Sets - mental health care. Mental health series no. 2. Cat. no. HSE 15. Canberra: AIHW.