Postdischarge service utilisation and outcomes among Chinese and South Asian psychiatric inpatients in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to examine the short-term and long-term impacts of psychiatric hospitalisations among patients of Chinese and South Asian origin.

Design

Retrospective population-based cohort study using linked health administrative data.

Setting

We examined all adult psychiatric inpatients discharged between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2014 in Ontario, Canada, who were classified as Chinese, South Asian and all other ethnicities (ie, 'general population') using a validated algorithm. We identified 2552 Chinese, 2439 South Asian and 127 142 general population patients.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We examined psychiatric severity measures at admission and discharge and performed multivariable logistic regression analyses to examine 30-day, 180-day an

SUBMITTER: Chiu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781058 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature