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November 2006
 Hospital Mental Health Services in Canada, 2003-2004
The information and analyses in the report are focused on inpatient
hospital separations (discharges or deaths), which are one part of a
broader spectrum of mental health services. The level of use of
hospital mental health services, defined in terms of separations,
was very similar in 2003-2004 to the preceding fiscal year. However
a longer-term perspective indicates a decline. Canadian hospitals
reported 192,562 separations for mental illness in 2003-2004. This
represents an age-standardized rate of separation (586 per 100,000
population), which is very similar to the age-standardized rate for
2002-2003 (592 per 100,000 population).
Over the course of 10 years, dating back to 1994-1995, a trend
towards fewer hospitalizations is apparent. A similar decline is
apparent in the 10-year trend for average length of stay (ALOS). For
200-2004, the ALOS was 35 days. This represents a 47.0% decrease
from 66 days in 1994-1995.
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