Mental health emergency presentations across the Barwon South West region in Victoria, Australia: An epidemiological investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine mental health emergency presentations across the Barwon South West, Victoria, Australia - an area comprising a range of urban and rural localities.

Methods

This is a retrospective synthesis of mental health emergency presentations across the Barwon South West (1 February 2017-31 December 2019). De-identified data were obtained from individuals who presented to EDs and urgent care centres (UCCs) within the study region, who had a principal diagnosis of a Mental and Behavioural Disorder (codes F00-F99). Data were sourced from the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset and Rural Acute Hospital Database Register (RAHDaR). Age-standardised incident rates for mental health emergency presentations were calculated for the whole sample and for local government areas

SUBMITTER: Kavanagh BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947229 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature