Encouraging signs can be seen, however, in the Hjarnkoll anti-stigma initiative, as a study found that improvements have been measured between 2009 and 2011 (for example, opinions have improved vis-a-vis the public view of having a person with a mental illness as a neighbour, and one for every two people initially expressing disfavour have changed their opinion). The number of psychiatric beds (per 100 000 population) has been cut in half during the past two decades, decreasing from 0.95 in 1995 to 0.48 in 2010. Increased funding for outpatient services can assist in explaining this decline.