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VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH VARIATIONS IN COMPULSORY COMMUNITY TREATMENT BY HEALTH DISTRICTS: A META-REGRESSION ANALYSIS ACROSS FOUR AUSTRALIAN JURISDICTIONS.
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Variation in Australian compulsory community treatment rates between health districts tracks district demographics — age band, metropolitan residence and birth outside Oceania — and not mental health workforce levels, which weakens the common assumption that differing rates of community coercion reflect differing clinical need or service capacity.