Healio (2/16, VanDewater) reports, “Among patients with COVID-19 who visited” emergency departments (EDs), “those with both psychiatric and substance use disorders had greater odds of hospitalization compared with those with one or neither type of disorder,” researchers concluded in a study that “analyzed discharge data for adults with COVID-19 at 873 hospitals with EDs and inpatient facilities in 48 states from April 2020 to August 2021,” then “also assessed incidence of substance use and psychiatric disorders using records from previous hospital visits or the first visit for COVID-19.” The findings were published online Feb. 15 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Comorbid psychiatric, substance use disorders increase odds of COVID-19 hospitalization “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, February 16, 2023