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Using Social Indicators To Assess Mental Health Needs

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  • Laurence T. Cagle

    (New York State Office of Mental Health)

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Social indicators were used to assess needfor acute psychiatric services in New York State. When indicators are regressed against service use rates, epidemiologically relevant indicators receive low weighting in projecting need, undermining the very purpose of using indicators in the first place. Simpler statistical techniques may be as useful as more sophisticated ones, particularly if the analyst's intent is to edify the statistically uninitiated.

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  • Laurence T. Cagle, 1984. "Using Social Indicators To Assess Mental Health Needs," Evaluation Review, , vol. 8(3), pages 389-412, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:8:y:1984:i:3:p:389-412
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8400800306
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