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Associations between mental and physical illness comorbidity and hospital utilization.
The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of chronic physical illness types and mental illness and their comorbidity among adolescents and young adults (AYA) and evaluate the relationship of comorbidity on hospital use. The sample analyzed was 50% female, 63% Medicaid, and 43% had 1 or more chronic illness. The study found that mental illness was common (31%) and highly comorbid with multiple physical illnesses. In AYA with pulmonary illness, those with comorbid mental illness had 1.74-times higher odds of ED use and 2.9-times higher odds of hospitalization than those without mental illness. Comorbid endocrine and mental illness had 1.84-times higher odds of ED use and 2.1-times higher odds of hospitalization, comorbid neurologic and mental illness had 1.36-times higher odds of ED use and 2.4-times higher odds of hospitalization and comorbid musculoskeletal and mental illness had 1.38-times higher odds of ED use and 2.1-times higher odds of hospitalization.
AHRQ-funded; HS024575.
Citation: Holland JE, Rettew DC, Varni SE .
Associations between mental and physical illness comorbidity and hospital utilization.
Hosp Pediatr 2023 Sep; 13(9):841-48. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2022-006984..
Keywords: Behavioral Health, Chronic Conditions, Hospitalization