* Nearly one out of every four...
* Nearly one out of every four admissions for people with mental and addictive disorders in 1996 was for outpatient care instead of hospitalization, compared to one in 10 admissions in 1992.
* Hospital stays tended to be brief, with 11.5 days as the average length of stay in 1996, a 1.7% drop from 1995.
* At the same time, 9.5% more people were treated in 1996 than in 1995.
* Ambulatory services served more people, with outpatient admissions of 1,231 in 1996, 20.5% more than in 1995.
Source: The National Assn. of Psychiatric Health Systems
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