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A Markov Analysis of the Service System for Severe Mental Illness

✍ Scribed by Chui-Yu Liu; Teh-Wei Hu; Jeanette Jerrell

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
638 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0323-3847

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Based on one year of services utilization data in Santa Clara County, we modeled the mental health service system as a time‐continuous Markov process with corresponding Kolmogorov differential equations. The dynamics of the system's operations in that year can be expressed by the results derived from the intensity matrix and the explicit solution of Kolmogorov differential equations. The key problem with the system is linked to its emergency service. An unexpectedly high proportion of patients had a certain period in which they did not receive any services. Most of patients desired more intensive services. Some tentative thoughts about the stabilization of the system are discussed.

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