A cross-sectional assessment of differences in social class and other
sociodemographic variables at hospital admission for patients with
psychotic disorders was carried out through a systematic survey of
psychotic patients admitted to greater Baltimore psychiatric facilities
between 1983 and 1989. Female patients, first-admission patients, and
patients with bipolar disorder or other, nonschizophrenic psychosis were
more likely to have been admitted to community, university, and private
hospitals than to state hospitals. Patients in medium and higher social
class categories were 1.29 to 2.57 times more likely to be admitted to
community, university, and private hospitals than to state hospitals.
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