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. 1992 Jun;46(3):245-7.
doi: 10.1136/jech.46.3.245.

Psychiatric admissions and social deprivation: is the Jarman underprivileged area score relevant?

A J Cotgrove  1 , G Bell, C L Katona
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Psychiatric admissions and social deprivation: is the Jarman underprivileged area score relevant?

A J Cotgrove et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1992 Jun.

Abstract

Study objective: The aim was to assess the relationship between social deprivation, as measured by the Jarman under-privileged area score (UPA score), and psychiatric admission rates and length of stay within an inner London borough.

Design: The study was a retrospective survey of psychiatric admission rates for electoral wards in the London borough of Islington in relation to Jarman UPA scores and subscores.

Setting: Islington Health Authority psychiatric admission wards at the Whittington and Friern Hospitals.

Patients: All admissions during the year of 1985 were studied (n = 778).

Main results: No correlation was found between the total Jarman UPA score and either admission rates or length of stay. There was, however, a correlation between the Jarman UPA subscore for ethnic minorities and admission rates (r = 0.409, p less than 0.05), and between the Jarman UPA subscore for lone parents and length of stay (r = 0.390, p less than 0.05).

Conclusions: The Jarman UPA score at electoral ward level is not related to psychiatric morbidity, and should not therefore be used for planning local service provision.

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