Emergency hospital admissions for psychiatric disorders in a German-wide hospital network during the COVID-19 outbreak.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Psychiatric emergency hospital admissions for distinct psychiatric disorders and length of inpatient stay in the hospital during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak have not been thoroughly assessed.

Methods

A retrospective study was performed analyzing claims data from a large German Hospital network during the COVID-19 outbreak (study period: March 13-May 21, 2020) as compared to periods directly before the outbreak (same year control: January 1-March 12, 2020) and one year earlier (previous year control: March 13-May 21, 2019).

Results

A total of 13,151 emergency hospital admissions for psychiatric diagnoses were included in the analysis. For all psychiatric diagnoses combined, emergency admissions significantly decreased during the study perio

SUBMITTER: Fasshauer JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8053025 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature