Mental comorbidity and its contribution to increased use of acute hospitals services : Comorbidité mentale et la mesure dans laquelle elle entraîne une augmentation du recours aux services dispensés dans les hôpitaux de soins de courte durée

This enables a more comprehensive Regardless of the causal pathway, the combination of assessment of the impact of mental conditions on hospital physical and mental conditions often results in higher rates of resource use. [...] Hospital services for those with a diagnosis To obtain a comprehensive assessment of the burden of of a mental condition mental conditions on acute-care hospitalizations, we clearly need to consider the role of mental conditions both as a most Rates of acute-care hospitalizations with a responsible and as a comorbid diagnosis. [...] Note that the total mental is lower than the sum of the seven Note: The ratio of the average number of days per hospitalization with a mental comorbidity to the average number of categories, as some hospitalizations reported days per hospitalization with no mental comorbidity. [...] Approximately 8.7% of those hospitalized with a to have a diagnosis of a mental condition in a hospitalization most responsible diagnosis of a mental condition, and 7.0% compared with those from urban areas. [...] Those with a hospitalization related to a hospitalized with a diagnosis of a mental condition had a mental condition were also more likely to report pain (36.5% regular medical doctor as those with those hospitalized most responsible; 35.6% comorbid), compared with those without a diagnosis of a mental condition (90.5% most who hospitalized for other types of experienced other types responsible an