Healthcare utilization for eating disorders in Australia: 10 years of health data linkage.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Eating disorders impact physical, psychological, and social well-being, and often need complex health care. Understanding changes in healthcare utilization is essential for policy and planning. This research evaluates healthcare utilization by people with eating disorders by linking person-level data across health settings to provide a system-wide description of eating disorder care.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study evaluates health service use by people with eating disorders aged 6 years or older in the three most populous states in Australia; New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, for a 10-year period, 2010-2019, by linking data for hospital admissions (public and private), emergency department presentations and public outpatient mental health. Populat

SUBMITTER: Dann KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12634887 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature