Published online:
02 September 2010
Summary
The publication presents data extracted from the Mental Health Information National Collection, and covers the year ended 30 June 2008.
This publication will be available in hard copy and online, with the Appendix Tables published online only as links to excel files, for users’ convenience.
Key findings include:
- District Health Boards saw 100,575 mental health clients in 2007/08
- of clients seen in 2007/08, 20.6 percent identified themselves as Māori, 4.9 percent as Pacific peoples and 3.0 percent as Asian – slightly higher than the corresponding percentages in 2006/07
- the most commonly used teams were community teams (54,504 clients) in 2007/08
- general practitioners were the most common source of referrals in 2007/08 (21,243 clients)
- clients of Asian ethnicity (22.5 days) and Pacific ethnicity (21.2 days) had longer average length of stays in inpatient facilities than Māori clients (16.3 days) and clients of other ethnicity (15.6 days).
- general practitioners were the most common source of referrals in 2007/08 (21,243 clients)
- clients of Asian ethnicity (22.5 days) and Pacific ethnicity (21.2 days) had longer average length of stays in inpatient facilities than Māori clients (16.3 days) and clients of other ethnicity (15.6 days).