ABSTRACT
Based on data from the nationwide Danish Psychiatric Case Register, trends in admission rates and treatment-day rates were studied in two Danish counties between 1977 and 1989. During the observation period, the number of available beds in the counties investigated decreased from 1.78 to 1.10 per 1000 inhabitants aged 15 years or more. Over the same period, the admission rates decreased by 20% for in-patients and 38% for day-patients. At the same time, treatment-day rates for in-patients decreased by approximately 50% and treatment-day rates for day-patients by 32%. The decrease was seen in all age groups both for admission rates and treatment-day-rates. Rates for short-term hospitalization showed a steeper decrease than those for long-term hospitalization. For schizophrenia, admission rates increased except among men under 25 years of age, and treatment-day rates decreased in all age groups. Affective disorders, neuroses, personality disorders, and alcohol and drug abuse showed the most pronounced decreases in admission rates and treatment-day rates. The same trend was seen for treatment-day rates for organic disorders. A marked decrease in admission rates was seen in the provincial towns. Treatment-day rates decreased markedly in city areas, and less so in rural areas.
Subject(s)
Mental Disorders/rehabilitation , Patient Admission , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Community Mental Health Centers , Denmark/epidemiology , Female , Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data , Hospitalization/trends , Hospitals, Psychiatric , Humans , Length of Stay , Male , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Mental Health Services , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Malocclusion/therapy , Cephalometry , Child , Cuspid/pathology , Humans , Incisor/pathology , Malocclusion/pathologySubject(s)
Malocclusion/therapy , Mandible , Orthodontics, Corrective , Clinical Trials as Topic , Female , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Within the framework of an epidemiological survey of the dental and periodontal conditions in Swedish and German school children born in 1965, the children were asked to answer ten questions regarding oral hygiene in a questionnaire. When comparing the ten answers regarding the consciousness of oral hygiene, significant differences in knowledge were observed with the exception of information given with respect to their own toothbrush. This difference may be interpreted to the effect that the Swedish children are better aware of the importance of oral hygiene than the German children.
