Healthcare utilization after mass trauma: a register-based study of consultations with primary care and mental health services in survivors of terrorism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge on healthcare utilization after mass trauma is needed to strengthen the public health preparedness to such incidents. Using register-based data, this study had a unique opportunity to investigate how young survivors' use of primary care physicians (PCP) and mental health services (MHS) changed after a terrorist attack.

Methods

We examined register-based data on PCP and MHS consultations among 255 survivors (52% male) of the 2011 Utøya youth camp attack in Norway 3 years before and after the attack, and their reason for encounter with the PCP according to the International Classification for Primary Care (ICPC- 2).

Results

The PCP and MHS consultation rates (CR) were higher in female than male survivors both acutely and at long-term. The mean yearl

SUBMITTER: Stene LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675057 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature