18-4. Employment of persons with SMI
Mental Health Status Improvement
ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE
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Increase the proportion of persons with serious mental illness (SMI) who are employed.
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Target: 51 percent.
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Baseline: 43 percent of persons aged 18 years and older with SMI were employed in 1994.
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Target setting method: 19 percent improvement. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)
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Data
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: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
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OBJECTIVE WITH REVISIONS
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Increase the proportion of persons with serious mental illness (SMI) who are employed.
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Target: 54 51 percent.
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Baseline: 52 43 percent of persons aged 18 years and older with SMI were employed in 19942002.
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Target setting method: 19 percent improvement. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)
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Data
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: National Comorbidity Survey–Replication (NCS–R), NIH, NIMHHealth Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
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REVISED OBJECTIVE
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Increase the proportion of persons with serious mental illness (SMI) who are employed.
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Target: 54 percent.
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Baseline: 52 percent of persons aged 18 years and older with SMI were employed in 2002.
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Target setting method: Better than the best.
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Data
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: National Comorbidity Survey–Replication (NCS–R), NIH, NIMH.
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