Gender differences in healthcare service utilisation 1 year before suicide: national record linkage study

All 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 mor...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2009-11, Vol.195 (5), p.459-460
Main Authors: Chang, Chia-Ming, Liao, Shih-Cheng, Chiang, Hung-Chi, Chen, Ying-Yeh, Tseng, Kwan-Cho, Chau, Yeuk-Lun, Chang, Hsiu-Ju, Lee, Ming-Been
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Ambulatory care
Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology
Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology
Family physicians
Female
Females
Gender differences
General practice
Health care
Health care policy
Health services
Health Services - utilization
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Males
Medical Record Linkage
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental health care
Middle Aged
Mortality
National health insurance
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Physicians
Prevention
Psychiatric disorders
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Sex differences
Sex Distribution
Sex Factors
Short Reports
Suicide
Suicide - psychology
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicides & suicide attempts
Taiwan - epidemiology
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Summary:All 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.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.108.053728