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Community Mental Health Journal
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal 1/2010

01-02-2010 | Brief Report

The Impact of the Chi-Chi Earthquake on the Incidence of Hospitalizations for Schizophrenia and on Concomitant Hospital Choice

Authors: Kuan-Chiao Tseng, David Hemenway, Ichiro Kawachi, S. V. Subramanian, Wei J. Chen

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a catastrophic earthquake on the incidence of hospitalizations for schizophrenia, and on the choice of hospitals for patients thus hospitalized, using a quasi-experimental design. Results demonstrated post-catastrophe increases in the incidence of hospitalizations for schizophrenia by 11.0 and 21.6% in the first and second year after the disaster, respectively. Among index hospitalizations for schizophrenia, the earthquake was associated with decreases in the use of teaching and public hospitals. For patients with schizophrenia, aggravation of symptoms and the likelihood of being crowded out of the use of health care services by those with other physical or mental illnesses after a catastrophe warrant our attention.
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Metadata
Title
The Impact of the Chi-Chi Earthquake on the Incidence of Hospitalizations for Schizophrenia and on Concomitant Hospital Choice
Authors
Kuan-Chiao Tseng
David Hemenway
Ichiro Kawachi
S. V. Subramanian
Wei J. Chen
Publication date
01-02-2010
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9267-7

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