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Bipolar Disorder Related Hospitalizations – a Descriptive Nationwide Study Using a Big Data Approach.
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Psychiatric Quarterly . Mar2022, Vol. 93 Issue 1, p325-333. 9p. 2 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a mental disorder which frequently requires long hospitalizations and need for acute psychiatric care. The aim of this study was to describe a nationwide perspective of BD related hospitalizations and to use a BigData based approach in mental health research. We performed a retrospective observational study using a nationwide hospitalization database containing all hospitalizations registered in Portuguese public hospitals from 2008-2015. Hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of BD were selected based on International Classification of Diseases version 9, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes of diagnosis 296.xx (excluding 296.2x; 296.3x and 296.9x). From 20,807 hospitalizations belonging to 13,300 patients, around 33.4% occurred in male patients with a median length of stay of 16.0 days and a mean age of 47.9 years. The most common hospitalization diagnosis in BD has the code 296.4x (manic episode) representing 34.3% of all hospitalizations, followed by the code 296.5x (depressed episode) with 21.4%. The mean estimated hospitalization charge was 3,508.5€ per episode, with a total charge of 73M€ in the 8-year period of this study.This is a nationwide study giving a broad perspective of the BD hospitalization panorama at a national level. We found important differences in hospitalization characteristics by sex, age and primary diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00332720
- Volume :
- 93
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychiatric Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156220261
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-021-09951-6