Inpatient psychiatric bed capacity within CMS-certified U.S hospitals, 2011-2023: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite persistently high rates of mental illness and suicide, receipt of treatment for mental health conditions remains low. In this context, it is important to quantify the number of inpatient psychiatric beds (IPBs), and to understand differences in the number of IPBs throughout the U.S, as these provide critical evaluation, medication, and stabilization services.

Methods and findings

This study used nationally-representative data drawn from the 2011-2023 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS). From 2011-2023, while the total number of IPBs-in both psychiatric hospitals (PHs) and short-term acute care hospitals (STACHs)-did not change, the number IPBs within STACHs fell from 11.3 in 2011 to 9.06 in 2023. Du

SUBMITTER: Lindenfeld Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12310024 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature