Twelve-Month Health Care Use and Mortality in Commercially Insured Young People With Incident Psychosis in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess 12-month mortality and patterns of outpatient and inpatient treatment among young people experiencing an incident episode of psychosis in the United States.

Method

Prospective observational analysis of a population-based cohort of commercially insured individuals aged 16-30 receiving a first observed (index) diagnosis of psychosis in 2008-2009. Data come from the US Department of Health and Human Services' Multi-Payer Claims Database Pilot. Outcomes are all-cause mortality identified via the Social Security Administration's full Death Master File; and inpatient, outpatient, and psychopharmacologic treatment based on health insurance claims data. Outcomes are assessed for the year after the index diagnosis.

Results

Twelve-month mortality after the i

SUBMITTER: Schoenbaum M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5737542 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature