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Table 4 Emergency room (ER) return visits within less than 30 days and hospitalization rates for any reason among patients with mental illnesses (MI) who re-visited the ERs by sex, age, residential areas and reasons for return visit in 2014–15 and in 2005–06

From: Assessing quality indicators related to mental health emergency room utilization

 

2014–15

2005–06

N ind.

% ind.

N visits

% visits

% hosp. re-visit

N ind.

% ind.

N visits

% visits

% hosp. re-visit

Relative trend (%)d

Patients with MI

114,579 (341,030)

33.60

244,511

31.58

30.29

104,479 (326,570)

31.99

226,666

30.82

25.71

2.92

 Women

65,401 (197,727)

32.91

135,581

30.42

28.80

58,614 (188,895)

31.03

123,205

29.51

25.02

 

 Men

49,178 (142,297)

34.56

108,930

33.15

32.15

45,865 (137,691)

33.31

103,461

32.54

26.52

 

 12–17 years

4062 (19,529)

20.80

6794

19.70

16.56

3233 (14,642)

22.08

5464

20.33

16.95

 

 18–24 years

9079 (30,283)

29.98

19,324

28.85

17.11

8263 (26,655)

31.00

17,918

29.10

14.86

 

 25–44 years

27,260 (89,494)

30.46

59,703

30.47

17.95

31,319 (103,705)

30.20

70,724

30.54

14.88

 

 45–64 years

31,342 (98,684)

31.76

69,334

31.81

26.64

31,380 (103,156)

30.42

70,126

30.93

22.36

 

 65 years+

42,836 (103,045)

41.57

89,356

34.52

45.28

30,284 (78,415)

38.62

62,434

33.08

45.60

 

 Montreal

48,313 (140,567)

34.37

105,516

33.40

35.48

42,185 (137,545)

30.67

90,230

30.75

31.56

 

 Areas> 100,000

24,572 (74,213)

33.11

51,051

30.58

26.75

21,284 (67,870)

31.36

44,996

30.09

23.01

 

 Semi-Urban

15,967 (50,689)

31.50

32,827

29.01

28.51

15,778 (48,652)

32.43

33,417

29,52

22.54

 

 Rural

25,106 (73,754)

34.04

53,679

30.84

24.46

24,237 (69.587)

34.83

55,888

32.37

20.30

 

Reasons for return visit

 PIa

  

183,020 (244,511)

74.85

   

170,401 (226,666)

75.18

  

 MIb

  

32,134 (244,511)

13.14

   

34,514 (226,666)

15.23

  

 MI-PI

  

16,715 (244,511)

6.84

   

10,182 (226,666)

4.49

  

 MI-SUDc

  

5746 (244,511)

2.35

   

6496 (226,666)

2.87

  

 MI-SUD-PI

  

4436 (244,511)

1.81

   

3431 (226,666)

1.51

  

 SUD

  

1141 (244,511)

0.47

   

911 (226,666)

0.40

  

 SUD-PI

  

1319 (244,511)

0.54

   

731 (226,666)

0.32

  
  1. aPhysical illness
  2. bMental illnesses (MI)
  3. cSubstance use disorders (SUD)
  4. dRelative trends calculated as: last value (in 2014–15) minus initial value (in 2005–06) divided by the initial value (in 2005–06) multiplied by 100 to obtain value in percentage. Age: standardized data
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