Geographical Variation in Psychiatric Admissions Among Recipients of Public Assistance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the area-specific resource use of inpatient psychiatric care is essential for the efficient use of the public assistance system. This study aimed to assess the geographical variation in psychiatric admissions and to identify the prefecture-level determinants of psychiatric admissions among recipients of public assistance in Japan.

Methods

We identified all recipients of public assistance who were hospitalized in a psychiatric ward in May 2014, 2015, or 2016 using the Fact-finding Survey on Medical Assistance. The age- and sex-standardized number of psychiatric admissions was calculated for each of the 47 prefectures, using direct and indirect standardization methods.

Results

A total of 46,559 psychiatric inpatients were identified in May 2016.

SUBMITTER: Okumura Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6556440 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature