New and continuing physician-based outpatient mental health care among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

Autor: Alene Toulany, Simone Vigod, Paul Kurdyak, Therese A. Stukel, Rachel Strauss, Longdi Fu, Astrid Guttmann, Jun Guan, Eyal Cohen, Maria Chiu, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Kimberly Moran, William Gardner, Mario Cappelli, Purnima Sundar, Natasha Saunders
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 14 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1063203
Popis: ObjectiveTo assess physician-based mental health care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic among children and adolescents new to care and those already engaged with mental health services, and to evaluate differences by sociodemographic factors.Study designWe performed a population-based repeated cross-sectional study using linked health and administrative databases in Ontario, Canada among all children and adolescents 3–17 years. We examined outpatient visit rates per 1,000 population for mental health concerns for those new to care (no physician-based mental healthcare for ≥1 year) and those with continuing care needs (any physician-based mental healthcare
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