This study assesses the relationship of the change in neighborhood ethnic composition with 1970 psychiatric hospitalization rates for those persons born in Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria and Hungary, the U.S.S.R., and Italy. Using data extracted from the admission records of foreign born psychiatric patients and from the 1960 and 1970 censuses, it was found that change in ethnic composition was unrelated to psychiatric hospitalization rates of the foreign born. The study concludes with a discussion of policy implications and recommendations for further research.
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