Cause-specific mortality after discharge from inpatient psychiatric care in Taiwan: A national matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to investigate the trajectories of absolute and relative risks of cause-specific mortality among patients discharged from inpatient psychiatric services.

Methods

We conducted a national matched cohort study (2002-2013) using data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database linked to national cause-of-death data files. Patients discharged from inpatient psychiatric care without prior psychiatric hospitalizations were individually matched to 20 comparison individuals based on sex and age. The rates, rate differences, and relative risks (hazard ratios, HRs) of cause-specific mortality were calculated at six follow-up periods post-discharge. Cumulative mortality incidence was assessed at 5 years of follow-up.

Results

The mortality risks of all causes

SUBMITTER: Hsu CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11488595 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature