Psychiatric Room Rates Continue to Increase Faster Than Average Hospital Rates

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Industry Statistics

Room rates for adult psychiatric beds in the ten largest metropolitan areas of the United States continued to increase faster than other room rates in hospitals serving urban consumers. According to OPEN MINDS annual survey of psychiatric room rates, the cost of adult beds in the ten largest metropolitan centers rose 12.2% from April 1990 to April 1991. Room rates for all hospital beds in the same period rose 10.1%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics . . .