Emergency department presentation and readmission after index psychiatric admission: a data linkage study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To use linked administrative datasets to assess factors associated with emergency department (ED) presentation and psychiatric readmission in three distinctive time intervals after the index psychiatric admission. DESIGN:A retrospective data-linkage study. SETTING:Cohort study using four linked government minimum datasets including acute hospital care from July 2005 to June 2012 in New South Wales, Australia. PARTICIPANTS:People who were alive and aged ≥18 years on 1 July 2005 and who had their index admission to a psychiatric ward from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2010. OUTCOME MEASURES:ORs of factors associated with psychiatric admission and ED presentation were calculated for three intervals: 0-1 month, 2-5 months and 6-24 months after index separation. RESULTS:Index admission was i

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855390 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature