A new report shows that one-fourth of all stays in U.S. community hospitals are for mental health disorders.
These included depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, other mental health disorders, or substance use related disorders.
The study was made from an analysis of hospital data from 2004. It comes from the Health and Human Services Agency of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The study is the first documentation of the full impact of mental health and substance abuse disorders on U.S. community hospitals. According to the report, about 1.9 million of the 7.6 million stays were for patients who were hospitalized primarily because of a mental health or substance abuse problem. Of the 5.7 million other stays for other conditions, many were also diagnosed as having a mental disorder.
One-third of the stays for mental health issues were for uninsured patients. The remaining two-thirds were paid by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers.
{ 0 comments }
