Gender differences in healthcare service utilisation 1 year before suicide: national record linkage study
| Autor: | Ming-Been Lee, Hung Chi Chiang, Kwan Cho Tseng, Shin Cheng Liao, Ying-Yeh Chen, Hsiu Ju Chang, Yeuk Lun Chau, Chia-Ming Chang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Taiwan Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Sex Factors Health care Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sex Distribution Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Depressive Disorder Major business.industry Medical record Public health Mental Disorders Health Services Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care Mental health 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Suicide Female Medical Record Linkage business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. 195(5) |
| ISSN: | 1472-1465 |
| Popis: | SummaryAll suicides (n=12 497) in Taiwan in 2001–2004 were identified from mortality records retrieved from the National Health Insurance Database. Altogether, 95.1% of females and 84.9% of males had been in contact with healthcare services in the year before their death. Females received significantly more diagnoses of psychiatric disorders (48.0% v. 30.2%) and major depression (17.8% v. 7.4%) than males. Such differences were consistent across different medical settings where contact with hospital-based non-psychiatric physicians was as common as with general practitioners (GPs). However, diagnoses of psychiatric disorders were underdiagnosed in both genders. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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