One hundred years of data on populations of public residential facilities for mentally retarded people
Lakin, K.C.; Krantz, G.C.; Bruininks, R.H.; Clumpner, J.L.; Hill, B.K.
American Journal of Mental Deficiency 87(1): 1-8
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9351 PMID: 7124809 Document Number: 184608
Data from 100 years of formal surveys of population and administrative characteristics of public residential facilities for mentally retarded people were summarized. Sources of these data were described. Results of the studies in the areas of total population, average number of residents per institution, annual per capita cost of care, resident movement (first admissions, readmissions, discharges, and deaths), and resident-to-staff ratios were presented to show trends over the 100-year period.