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Section VI: National Mental Health Statistics
Table 7d. Number and percent distribution of full-time equivalent staff1
in VA medical centers, by staff discipline: United States, selected years, 1972-1998
| Staff discipline |
1972 |
1976 |
1978 |
1986 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1998 |
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Number of FTE staff |
| All staff |
42,152 |
39,963 |
40,785 |
33,376 |
29,741 |
24,345 |
22,788 |
22,731 |
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Patient care staff |
24,523 |
25,226 |
26,282 |
23,559 |
22,080 |
20,834 |
21,569 |
18,587 |
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Professional patient care staff |
12,315 |
13,129 |
13,954 |
17,782 |
14,619 |
16,274 |
17,871 |
14,531 |
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Psychiatrists |
902 |
1,320 |
1,471 |
2,245 |
2,103 |
3,403 |
6,676 |
4,650 |
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Other physicians |
626 |
504 |
531 |
555 |
464 |
486 |
212 |
92 |
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Psychologists2 |
895 |
1,134 |
1,255 |
1,439 |
1,476 |
2,479 |
623 |
2,149 |
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Social workers |
1,098 |
1,412 |
1,620 |
1,680 |
1,855 |
2,244 |
1,759 |
1,974 |
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Registered nurses |
4,713 |
4,503 |
5,326 |
6,761 |
5,888 |
5,485 |
8,125 |
5,088 |
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Other mental health professionals |
1,497 |
1,812 |
1,748 |
1,423 |
1,322 |
1,266 |
186 |
279 |
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Physical health professionals and assistants |
2,584 |
2,444 |
2,003 |
3,679 |
1,511 |
911 |
290 |
299 |
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Other mental health workers3 |
12,208 |
12,097 |
12,328 |
5,777 |
7,461 |
4,560 |
3,697 |
4,057 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
17,629 |
14,737 |
14,503 |
9,817 |
7,661 |
3,511 |
1,219 |
4,143 |
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Percent distribution of FTE
staff |
| All staff |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| |
Patient care staff |
58.2 |
63.1 |
64.4 |
70.6 |
74.2 |
85.6 |
94.7 |
81.8 |
|
Professional patient care staff |
29.2 |
32.9 |
34.2 |
53.3 |
49.2 |
66.8 |
78.4 |
63.9 |
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Psychiatrists |
2.1 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
6.7 |
7.1 |
14.0 |
29.3 |
20.5 |
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Other physicians |
1.5 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
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Psychologists2 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
4.3 |
5.0 |
10.2 |
2.7 |
9.5 |
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Social workers |
2.6 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
6.2 |
9.2 |
7.7 |
8.7 |
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Registered nurses |
11.2 |
11.3 |
13.1 |
20.3 |
19.8 |
22.5 |
35.7 |
22.4 |
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Other mental health professionals |
3.6 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
5.2 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
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Physical health professionals and assistants |
6.1 |
6.1 |
4.9 |
11.0 |
5.1 |
3.7 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
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Other mental health workers3 |
29.0 |
30.3 |
30.2 |
17.3 |
25.1 |
18.7 |
16.2 |
17.8 |
| Administrative, clerical, and maintenance staff |
41.8 |
36.9 |
35.6 |
29.4 |
25.8 |
14.4 |
5.3 |
18.2 |
Sources: Published and unpublished inventory data from the
Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development,
Center for Mental Health Services.
1 The computation of full-time
equivalent staff is based on a 40-hour work week.
2 For 1972-78,
this category included all psychologists with a B.A. degree and above; for
1986-94, it included only psychologists with an M.A. degree and above.
3 Workers in this category have less than a B.A. degree. |
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