Outcomes for university students following emergency care presentation for deliberate self-harm: a retrospective observational study of emergency departments in England for 2017/2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Identify university-aged students and contrast their healthcare provision and outcomes with other patients in the same age group attending emergency departments for deliberate self-harm.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

Patients visiting 129 public hospital emergency departments across England between April 2017 and March 2018.

Participants

14 074 patients aged 18-23 visiting emergency departments for conditions linked to deliberate self-harm, 1016 of which were identified as university-aged students.

Outcome measures

We study various outcomes across the entire patient pathway in the emergency department: waiting time to initial assessment on arrival at the emergency department, count of investigations delivere

SUBMITTER: Campbell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860022 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature