ArticleJournal of epidemiology2019
Geographical Variation in Psychiatric Admissions Among Recipients of Public Assistance.
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- Association of community welfare resources and outpatient occupational therapy with psychiatric length of stay: A nationwide analysis in Japan.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Article
- Variation in Psychiatric Hospitalisations: A Multiple-Membership Multiple-Classification Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Health Statuses of People in Poverty Receiving Public Assistance in Japan: A Scoping Review.JMA journal · 2024Article
- Post-Disaster Community Transition of Psychiatric Inpatients: Lessons from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Mortality from major causes and lifestyles by proportions of public assistance recipients among 47 prefectures in Japan: Ecological panel data analysis from 1999 to 2016.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Geographic variation in the utilisation of specialist healthcare for patients with severe mental illness in Norway: a population-based registry study.Research in health services & regions · 2023Article
- Mental health service areas in Switzerland.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnderstanding the area-specific resource use of inpatient psychiatric care is essential for the efficient use of the public assistance system. This study aimed to assess the geographical variation in psychiatric admissions and to identify the prefecture-level determinants of psychiatric admissions among recipients of public assistance in Japan.
methodsWe identified all recipients of public assistance who were hospitalized in a psychiatric ward in May 2014, 2015, or 2016 using the Fact-finding Survey on Medical Assistance. The age- and sex-standardized number of psychiatric admissions was calculated for each of the 47 prefectures, using direct and indirect standardization methods.
resultsA total of 46,559 psychiatric inpatients were identified in May 2016. The number of psychiatric admissions per 100,000 population was 36.6. We found a 7.1-fold difference between the prefectures with the highest (Nagasaki) and lowest (Nagano) numbers of admissions. The method of decomposing explained variance in the multiple regression model showed that the number of psychiatric beds per 100,000 population and the number of recipients of public assistance per 1,000 population were the most important determinants of the number of psychiatric admissions (R
conclusionsWe identified a large geographical variation in the number and total medical cost of psychiatric admissions among recipients of public assistance. Our findings should encourage policy makers to assess the rationale for this variation and consider strategies for reducing it.
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