International comparison of hospitalizations and emergency department visits related to mental health conditions across high-income countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore variation in rates of acute care utilization for mental health conditions, including hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits, across high-income countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data sources and study setting

Administrative patient-level data between 2017 and 2020 of eight high-income countries: Canada, England, Finland, France, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States (US).

Study design

Multi-country retrospective observational study using a federated data approach that evaluated age-sex standardized rates of hospitalizations and ED visits for mental health conditions.

Principal findings

There was significant variation in rates of acute mental health care utilization across countries. Among the

SUBMITTER: Bowden N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11622279 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature