ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2014
Medical care expenditure in suicides from non-illness-related causes.
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- Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Mortality in Youths: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2026Pooled it
- Socioeconomic factors associated with suicidal behaviors in South Korea: systematic review on the current state of evidence.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of intergenerational support and medical expenditures on depression: Evidence from rural older adults in China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Suicidal Ideation Risk and Socio-Cultural Factors in China: A Longitudinal Study on Social Media from 2010 to 2018.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Developmental timing of suicide attempts and cardiovascular risk during young adulthood.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesSeveral epidemiological studies on medical care utilization prior to suicide have considered the motivation of suicide, but focused on the influence of physical illnesses. Medical care expenditure in suicide completers with non-illness-related causes has not been investigated.
methodsSuicides motivated by non-illness-related factors were identified using the investigator's note from the National Police Agency, which was then linked to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment data. We investigated the medical care expenditures of cases one year prior to committing suicide and conducted a case-control study using conditional logistic regression analysis after adjusting for age, gender, area of residence, and socioeconomic status.
resultsAmong the 4515 suicides motivated by non-illness-related causes, medical care expenditures increased in only the last 3 months prior to suicide in the adolescent group. In the younger group, the proportion of total medical expenditure for external injuries was higher than that in the older groups. Conditional logistic regression analysis showed significant associations with being a suicide completer and having a rural residence, low socioeconomic status, and high medical care expenditure. After stratification into the four age groups, a significant positive association with medical care expenditures and being a suicide completer was found in the adolescent and young adult groups, but no significant results were found in the elderly groups for both men and women.
conclusionsYounger adults who committed suicide motivated by non-illness-related causes had a higher proportion of external injuries and more medical care expenditures than their controls did. This reinforces the notion that suicide prevention strategies for young people with suicidal risk factors are needed.
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