Disparities in prehospital and emergency surgical care among patients with perforated ulcers and a history of mental illness: a nationwide cohort study.
Julie MackenhauerErika Frischknecht ChristensenJan MainzJan Brink ValentinNicolai Bang FossPeter Olsen SvenningsenSøren Paaske JohnsenPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2024)
One-third of the population had a history of mental illness or vulnerability. Patients with a history of major mental illness were less likely to be identified with abdominal pain if calling the EMS prior to arrival. They had longer delays from hospital arrival to surgery and higher mortality.
Keyphrases
- mental illness
- mental health
- abdominal pain
- healthcare
- emergency medical
- minimally invasive
- emergency department
- cardiac arrest
- palliative care
- public health
- climate change
- coronary artery bypass
- affordable care act
- risk factors
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- trauma patients
- health insurance
- acute care