Friday, September 24, 2010

Unwed Mothers, Need PSYCHIATRIC Help?

The head line from the Green Bay Press.

More Brown County Moms are unwed, birth statics show

Fewer women giving birth in Brown County are married, fewer are smoking and more have college diplomas.


What does the following have to do with more educated unwed, mothers, and those who don't smoke.

The increasing cost of health care is obvious in the comparisons between 1998 and 2008 in Brown County. For example, the average stay in the psychiatric ward of a hospital was 9.9 days in 1998, and the average cost was $5,985. Ten years later, the average stay was 6.5 days, and the average cost was $8,965.

Are unwed mothers in more need of mental health care?

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