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Alternative Title:
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922814541806
Personal Author:
Simon, Alan E. ; Schoendorf, Kenneth C.
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Description:
We examined mental health-related visits to emergency departments (EDs) among children from 2001 to 2011. We used the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey-Emergency Department, 2001-2011 to identify visits of children 6 to 20 years old with a reason-for-visit code or ICD-9-CM diagnosis code reflecting mental health issues. National percentages of total visits, visit counts, and population rates were calculated, overall and by race, age, and sex. Emergency department visits for mental health issues increased from 4.4% of all visits in 2001 to 7.2% in 2011. Counts increased 55,000 visits per year and rates increased from 13.6 visits/1000 population in 2001 to 25.3 visits/1000 in 2011 (P < .01 for all trends). Black children (all ages) had higher visit rates than white children and 13- to 20-year-olds had higher visit rates than children 6 to 12 years old (P < .01 for all comparisons). Differences between groups did not decline over time.
Subject:
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Adolescent
African Americans
Age Factors
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Whites
Young Adult

Source:
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 53(14):1359-1366.
Pubmed ID:
25006117
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4642281
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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