阿拉伯联合酋长国患有注意力缺陷多动障碍及共病的儿童的医疗保健利用情况。
Healthcare utilisation in the United Arab Emirates for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and comorbidities.
作者信息
Almai Ahmad M, Salpekar Jay A
机构信息
Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist; Director of Residency Training, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Aramco Health Center, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Email
Director of the Neuropsychiatry Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
出版信息
BJPsych Int. 2023 Aug;20(3):61-63. doi: 10.1192/bji.2023.14.
The prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is consistent worldwide. Psychiatric comorbidities are common, although less is known about how those comorbidities affect utilisation of healthcare services. Access to paediatric mental healthcare is a challenge in many regions. However, access to care in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is supported by a well-established healthcare infrastructure with widely available primary care physicians. A review of diagnosis codes suggests that a clear correlation exists between the number of comorbidities and increased utilisation of available mental health services. Infrastructure in the UAE may represent a successful model for paediatric mental healthcare.
注意缺陷多动障碍在全球范围内的患病率是一致的。精神共病很常见，尽管对于这些共病如何影响医疗服务的利用了解较少。在许多地区，获得儿童精神卫生保健是一项挑战。然而，阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）完善的医疗基础设施以及随处可得的初级保健医生为获得医疗服务提供了支持。对诊断编码的审查表明，共病数量与可用精神卫生服务利用率的增加之间存在明显的相关性。阿联酋的基础设施可能代表了儿童精神卫生保健的一个成功模式。
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