Gender differences in the association between mental health status, hypertension, and emergency department visits in the United States

Hypertension has been found to be elevated in people with mental illness, and this comorbidity may lead to differential emergency department use by gender. Gender differences in this association were assessed using the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (n = 20,443). A combined effect variable fo...

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Published inJournal of health psychology Vol. 26; no. 13; pp. 2538 - 2551
Main Authors Rozario, Sylvia S, Gondwe, Tamala, Lu, Juan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2021
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Comorbidity
Emergency services
Gender differences
Health care expenditures
Health status
Hypertension
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Regression analysis
Visits
emergency department
hypertension
mental health
gender differences
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Summary:Hypertension has been found to be elevated in people with mental illness, and this comorbidity may lead to differential emergency department use by gender. Gender differences in this association were assessed using the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (n = 20,443). A combined effect variable for mental health and hypertension was created for stratified, multivariable logistic regression analysis. The likelihood of emergency department visits was higher for women compared to men in all categories of the combined effect variable. In particular, regardless of hypertension status, women with poor mental health had 35 percent and 39 percent increased likelihood of emergency department visits compared to men.
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ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105320909873