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ROUNDS / DATA DIVE
New insights, familiar crisis
A recent study reveals helpful data on the rising rate of mental health
ED visits and revisits at children's hospitals.
A
large study published in JAMA
Pediatrics in December proves a
trend that children's hospitals have been
experiencing for years: overall visits to
pediatric emergency rooms for mental
health crises increased 43% from 2015 to
2020. Annually, mental health visits rose
8%, while all other visits rose 1.5%.
Researchers from Children's Hospital
Los Angeles and Boston Children's
Hospital analyzed more than 308,000
mental health visits at 38 hospitals using
CHA's Pediatric Health Information
System (PHIS). The study revealed factors
associated with mental health ED visits
that the authors said would help with
resource allocation and interventions
tailored to high-risk patients. Some key
points include:
 The most common diagnosis groups
were suicidal ideation or self-harm
(28.7%) and mood disorders (23.5%).
 Patients presenting with somatic
disorders, trauma disorders, suicidal
ideation or self-harm, and eating
disorders had the largest increases
in ED visits.
 The majority of patients with
mental health ED visits were
females, non-Hispanic white, had
public insurance, and lived in
an urban area.
About 13% of patients revisited the
ED within six months. Those with suicidal
or self-harming behavior, which
made up the largest portion of mental
health ED visits, were not the most
likely to return. Patients with psychotic
disorders were 42% more likely
to revisit, followed by patients with
impulse control disorders and neurodevelopmental
disorders. Additionally,
public insurance and a higher Child
Opportunity Index were associated
with shorter time to mental health
ED revisits. -GH
View the study. Mental Health Revisits at US
Pediatric Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatr.
increase in mental
LEARN ABOUT PHIS,
a comparative database
for children's hospitals,
at childrenshospitals
.org/PHIS.
mental health ED visits
that had a revisit within
six months
health visits between
2015 and 2020
patients presenting
with suicidal ideation
or self-harm
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