Gender differences in healthcare service utilisation 1 year before suicide: National record linkage study

Chia Ming Chang; Shin Cheng Liao; Hung Chi Chiang; Ying Yeh Chen; Kwan Cho Tseng; Yeuk Lun Chau; Hsiu-Ju Chang; Ming Been Lee

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.108.053728

Gender differences in healthcare service utilisation 1 year before suicide: National record linkage study

Chia Ming Chang, Shin Cheng Liao, Hung Chi Chiang, Ying Yeh Chen, Kwan Cho Tseng, Yeuk Lun Chau, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Ming Been Lee

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All suicides (n=12497) in Taiwan in 2001-2004 were identified from mortality records retrieved from the National Health insurance Database. Altogether, 95.1% of females and 84.9% of males had been in contact with healthcare services in the year before their death. Females received significantly more diagnoses of psychiatric disorders (48.0% v. 30.2%) and major depression (17.8% v. 7.4%) than males. Such differences were consistent across different medical settings where contact with hospital-based non-psychiatric physicians was as common as with general practitioners (GPs). However, diagnoses of psychiatric disorders were underdiagnosed in both genders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	459-460
Number of pages	2
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	195
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.108.053728
Publication status	Published - 2009

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