Use of Acute Mental Health Care in U.S. Children's Hospitals Before and After Statewide COVID-19 School Closure Orders.
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SUBMITTER: Zima BT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9633407 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov
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Use of Acute Mental Health Care in U.S. Children's Hospitals Before and After Statewide COVID-19 School Closure Orders.
Zima Bonnie T BT Edgcomb Juliet Beni JB Rodean Jonathan J Cochran Susan D SD Harle Christopher A CA Pathak Jyotishman J Tseng Chi-Hong CH Bussing Regina R
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 20220525 11
<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to examine changes in child emergency department (ED) discharges and hospitalizations for primary general medical (GM) and primary psychiatric disorders; prevalence of psychiatric disorders among acute care encounters; and change in acute mental health (MH) care encounters by disorder type and, within these categories, by child sociodemographic characteristics before and after statewide COVID-19–related school closure orders.<h4>Methods</h4>This retrospective, ...[more]
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