Association of Income With the Incidence Rates of First Psychiatric Hospital Admissions in Finland, 1996-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between income and mental health has long been a question of interest. Nationwide register data provide means to examine trends and patterns of these associations.

Objectives

To compare income-specific trends in the incidence rates of first psychiatric hospital admissions and to evaluate whether an income gradient exists in the incidence rates at all levels of household income.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based open cohort study used linked registry data from nationwide Finnish Hospital Discharge and Statistics Finland population registers to determine annual incidence rates of first psychiatric hospital admissions. All Finnish citizens (N = 6 258 033) living in the country at any time from January 1, 1996, through Dece

SUBMITTER: Suokas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990744 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature