Risk for Suicide among Medicaid Beneficiaries

Autor/inn/en	Becker, Marion; Brown, Lisa; Ochshorn, Ezra; Diamond, Ronald
Titel	Risk for Suicide among Medicaid Beneficiaries
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39 (2009) 2, S.172-181 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.172
Schlagwörter	Health Services; Mental Health Programs; Physical Health; Suicide; At Risk Persons; Welfare Services; Welfare Recipients; Social Services; Predictor Variables; Mental Disorders; Hospitals; Access to Health Care; Planning; Counseling Techniques; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Gesundheitszustand; Selbstmord; Risikogruppe; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Prädiktor; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode
Abstract	Demographic, diagnostic, and service expenditure characteristics of Florida Medicaid enrollees who died by suicide were investigated. Among persons receiving Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), findings indicate the most powerful predictors of suicide were involuntary psychiatric examination, mental health hospitalization, and high mental health service use. Among Medicaid enrollees not receiving SSI, strongest suicide predictors were mental health hospitalization, high expenditures for physical health medications, and involuntary psychiatric examination. Findings suggest reducing involuntary psychiatric examinations and mental health hospitalizations while improving physical health may reduce suicide in the Medicaid population. Comprehensive hospital discharge planning, adherence monitoring with follow-up care, training mental health providers in assessing suicide lethality, and providing adequate assessment time are all crucial to achieve these objectives. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10