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impact of economic crisis on mortality due to mental health illnesses.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health; Mar2022, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p92-99, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background The financial crisis affected several aspects of health. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of the crisis on mortality of mental illnesses in Greece and the socioeconomic determinants of mortality trends. Methods Mortality data of 2000–16 were analyzed and sex-and-age-standardized death rates (SDRs) were calculated. The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) before and after the time point of slope change was computed. The crisis impact on SDRs was explored with interrupted time series analyses and standardized rate ratios (SRRs). The correlation of mortality with socioeconomic and healthcare-related variables was investigated with correlation and regression analyses. Results A significant change in SDR trend was observed after 2012. The AAPC reversed from −2.9% to 94.5%, while the SRR was calculated at 6.1 (5.5–6.7). Income reduction, unemployment rise and health budget cuts were found to be significantly correlated with mortality rise. Conclusions Financial crisis had a significant impact on mortality due to mental illnesses, especially in females and elderly. The findings indicate that mortality increase is more driven by socioeconomic and healthcare-related factors that affect access to appropriate healthcare than by morbidity trends. The findings have implications in planning interventions to provide appropriate healthcare to patients living with mental illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MORTALITY risk factors
STATISTICS
SOCIAL determinants of health
UNEMPLOYMENT
CONFIDENCE intervals
MORTALITY
MULTIPLE regression analysis
REGRESSION analysis
MENTAL health
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
RISK assessment
TIME series analysis
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
BUDGET
DATA analysis
DATA analysis software
MENTAL illness
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17413842
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155649304
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab129