Skip to main content

Table 4 Adjusted rate ratios of potentially preventable hospitalisations, by selective categories of mental disorders

From: The impact of mental illness on potentially preventable hospitalisations: a population-based cohort study

Category of mental disorder and PPH

ARR

95% CI

Alcohol and drug disorders

  

   Nutritional deficiencies

19.45

(1.79-211.88)

   Convulsions and epilepsy

16.35

(13.47-19.84)

   Gangrene

5.22

(3.86-7.05)

   COPD

4.49

(2.57-7.85)

   Other vaccine-preventable conditions

4.47

(3.76-5.30)

   Perforated/bleeding ulcer

4.21

(3.46-5.11)

Affective disorders

  

   Nutritional deficiencies

18.68

(2.49-140.27)

   Convulsions and epilepsy

6.51

(5.59-7.59)

   Adverse drug events

4.53

(4.31-4.78)

   Asthma

2.98

(2.59-3.41)

   COPD

2.98

(2.59-3.40)

Other psychoses

  

   Convulsions and epilepsy

19.63

(15.94-24.17)

   Pyelonephritis

3.22

(2.89-3.58)

   Adverse drug events

3.11

(2.89-3.36)

   Other vaccine-preventable conditions

2.91

(1.33-6.38)

   Gangrene

2.50

(1.78-3.51)

Schizophrenia

  

   Nutritional deficiencies

53.48

(1.97-1451.32)

   Adverse drug events

6.91

(6.30-7.58)

   Convulsions and epilepsy

5.97

(4.52-7.87)

   Congestive heart failure

2.91

(2.34-3.62)

   Influenza and pneumonia

2.63

(2.11-3.27)

  1. Abbreviations: ARR = adjusted rate ratio, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.