TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The role of gender in the association between mental health and potentially preventable hospitalizations: a single-center retrospective observational study
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Di Martino, Giuseppe
A1  - Minutolo, Giuseppa
A1  - Cosma, Claudia
A1  - Mazza, Clara
A1  - Caminiti, Marta
A1  - Berselli, Nausicaa
A1  - Stacchini, Lorenzo
A1  - Catalini, Alessandro
A1  - Cedrone, Fabrizio
SP  - e14691
EP  - e14691
VL  - 19
IS  - 22
N2  - Psychiatric disorders and substance abuse are barriers that limit access to timely treatment and can lead to Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations (PPH). The aim of this study is to identify the role played by gender in the association between mental health and PPH. Hospital discharge records (HDRs) from the Local Health Authority of Pescara (Italy) from 2015 to 2021 were examined and PPH were measured according to Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In total, 119,730 HDRs were eligible for the study and 21,217 patients fell into the PQI categories. Mental health disorders and addictions were extracted from the HDRs through the Elixhauser Enhanced ICD-9-CM algorithm. The association between PQI hospitalization and some predictors considered was evaluated with multivariate logistic regression models. In males and females, alcohol abuse showed a protective role towards preventable admissions for PQI-90 (all types of conditions) and PQI-92 (chronic conditions). In contrast, there is a gender gap in accessibility to primary health care, especially for acute conditions leading to PPH. Indeed, in males, PQI-91 admissions for acute conditions were found to be positively associated with drug abuse, psychosis, and depression, whereas this was not the case for females.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214691
ID  - ref1
ER  -