Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Utilization of Inpatient Mental Health Services in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT: (1) Purpose: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on mental health and the utilization of hospital-based inpatient mental health care worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of this pandemic on the utilization of this service in Shanghai by comparison with hospital-based health care records during the preceding 4 years. (2) Methods: The medical records were provided by the Shanghai Municipal Health Insurance Bureau. Diagnostic coding was based on International Classification of Diseases-10th revision (ICD-10), and inpatients with codes from F00 to F99 were examined. (3) Results: Inpatients were compared according to gender, age, pandemic stage, and type of mental disease. Utilization of psychiatric inpatient care in Shanghai during each of the four stages of

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9407850 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature