Vaccine-preventable hospitalisations in adult mental health service users: a population study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccine-preventable conditions cause preventable illness and may increase mortality in people living with mental illness. We examined how risks of hospitalisation for a wide range of vaccine-preventable conditions varied by age and sex among mental health (MH) service users.

Methods

Linked population data from New South Wales (NSW), Australia were used to identify vaccine-preventable hospitalisations (VPH) for 19 conditions from 2015 to 2020. Adult MH service users (n = 418 915) were compared to other NSW residents using incidence rates standardised for age, sex and socioeconomic status. Secondary analyses examined admissions for COVID-19 to September 2021.

Results

We identified 94 180 VPH of which 41% were influenza, 33% hepatitis B and 10% herpes z

SUBMITTER: Sara G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10719683 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature