Pediatric Somatic and Psychiatric Hospital Contacts in Denmark: A National Overview of Risk Factors, Admissions, and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Prior studies have identified comorbidity between pediatric somatic and psychiatric diseases within specific diagnostic groups. However, population-level data on these associations and their impact on mortality and morbidity are limited. This study aimed to examine these associations in the Danish pediatric population.

Methods

We conducted a national cohort study using Danish register data, including 1,413,177 children and adolescents from 2019 to 2023. We assessed background factors, mortality, and hospital contacts across three patient groups: somatic-only, psychiatric-only, and somatic-psychiatric. A new-user design classified patients as somatic-only or psychiatric-only if they had no hospital contacts in the preceding 12 months. Patients with subsequent conta

SUBMITTER: Stensballe LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12668878 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature