Typology of patients who use emergency departments for mental and substance use disorders.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Identifying profiles of people with mental and substance use disorders who use emergency departments may help guide the development of interventions more appropriate to their particular characteristics and needs. AIMS:To develop a typology for the frequency of visits to the emergency department for mental health reasons based on the Andersen model. METHOD:Questionnaires were completed by patients who attended an emergency department (n = 320), recruited in Quebec (Canada), and administrative data were obtained related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic characteristics, mental health diagnoses including alcohol and drug use, and emergency department and mental health service utilization. A cluster analysis was performed, identifying needs, predisposing and enabling factors that di

SUBMITTER: Fleury MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7345525 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature