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Poor longitudinal continuity of care is associated with an increased mortality rate among patients with mental disorders: Results from the French National Health Insurance Reimbursement Database

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

N. Hoertel ,
F. Limosin  and
H. Leleu
N. Hoertel*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris (AP–HP), Corentin-Celton Hospital 4, parvis Corentin-Celton, 92130Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Inserm UMR 894, Psychiatry and Neurosciences Center, Paris, France Paris Descartes University, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France
F. Limosin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris (AP–HP), Corentin-Celton Hospital 4, parvis Corentin-Celton, 92130Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Inserm UMR 894, Psychiatry and Neurosciences Center, Paris, France Paris Descartes University, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France
H. Leleu
Affiliation:
COMPAQ-HPST, INSERM U988, institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
*
*Corresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris (AP–HP), Corentin-Celton Hospital, 4, parvis Corentin-Celton, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Tel.: +33 0 1 58 00 44 21; fax: +33 0 1 58 00 44 53. E-mail address:nico.hoertel@yahoo.fr (N. Hoertel).
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Abstract

Background

Research on the impact of the continuity of care (COC) on health outcomes in patients with mental illness is limited. This observational study examined whether the longitudinal COC is associated with a decreased likelihood of death among patients with mental disorders in the French general population.

Method

Data were derived from the French National Health Insurance (NHI) reimbursement database. Patients with any mental disorder who visited a psychiatrist at least twice within 6 months were included. The primary endpoint was death by all causes. We measured longitudinal COC with a psychiatrist twice a year between 2007 and 2010, using the COC index developed by Bice and Boxerman. The COC index was analysed as a time-dependent variable in a survival analysis after adjustments for age, gender and stratifying on comorbidities and social status.

Results

Among 14,515 patients visiting a psychiatrist at least twice in 6 months and tracked over 3 years, likelihood of death was significantly lower in patients with higher continuity of care (hazard ratio for an increase in 0.1 of continuity, adjusted for age, sex, and stratified on comorbidities and social status: 0.83 [0.83–0.83]), particularly in those with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia.

Conclusion

Improving longitudinal continuity of care in mental health care may contribute to substantially decrease mortality.

Keywords

Continuity of careMortalityMental disorders
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , August 2014 , pp. 358 - 364
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2014

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