Geospatial investigations in Colombia reveal variations in the distribution of mood and psychotic disorders.
Janet SongMauricio Castaño RamírezJustin T OkanoSusan K ServiceJuan F De la HozAna M Díaz-ZuluagaCristian Vargas UpeguiCristian GallagoAlejandro AriasAlexandra Valderrama SánchezTerri TeshibaChiara SabattiRuben C GurCarrie E BeardenJavier I EscobarVictor I ReusCarlos Lopez JaramilloNelson B FreimerLoes M Olde LoohuisSally BlowerPublished in: Communications medicine (2024)
Our results reveal inequities in access to healthcare: many individuals requiring only outpatient treatment may live too far from the CSJDM to access healthcare. Targeting of resources to comprehensively identify severely ill individuals living in the observed hotspots could further address treatment inequities and enable investigations to determine factors generating these hotspots.