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CLIENT/PATIENT SAMPLE SURVEY (CPSS)
Description:
The purpose of the Client/Patient Sample Surveys (conducted in 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, and 1997) has been the collection of general purpose statistics on the sociodemographic, clinical, and service use characteristics of clients served in the inpatient, residential, outpatient, and partial care programs of specialty mental health organizations in the United States (not all program types in all survey years). For each survey, a probability sample of programs was selected by type of organization and by size. Within sampled programs, a probability sample was selected of clients/patients admitted during a 1-month period (all survey years) and clients/patients under care on a single day (1986-97 surveys, only). The sample data collected were weighted to generate national estimates of the total number of persons admitted during 1 year to all specialty mental health organizations in the Nation. The organizations include: state and county mental hospitals, private psychiatric hospitals, multi service mental health organizations, Veterans Administration medical centers, the separate psychiatric services of non-Federal general hospitals, residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children, freestanding outpatient clinics, and freestanding partial care programs. Not all organization types surveyed in all years.
