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Table 3 Medical data

From: Need analysis for a new high acuity medical psychiatry unit: which patients are considered for admission?

Admission reason (%):

Indication for MPU

PCS-only

(N = 64)

(N = 86)

External causes of morbidity and mortality, XX

31

48%

19

22%

- Accident

4

6%

8

9%

- Intentional self-harm

21

32%

1

1%

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, XIX

30

46%

16

19%

- Injury of multiple body regions

4

6%

6

7%

- Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances

14

22

1

1%

Neoplasms, II

9

14%

20

23%

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, XVIII

12

19%

17

20%

Diseases of the digestive system, XI

6

9%

12

14%

Diseases of the circulatory system, IX

4

6%

11

13%

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases, I

4

6%

7

8%

Diseases of the nervous system, VI

3

5%

6

7%

Diseases of the genitourinary system, XIV

5

8%

1

1%

Mental and behavioral disorders, V

3

5%

1

1%

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, XII

1

2%

3

4%

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, XIV

1

2%

3

4%

Diseases of the respiratory system, X

1

2%

2

2%

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, IV

1

2%

1

1%

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, XIII

2

3%

0

0%

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism, III

1

2%

0

0%

Diseases of the eye and adnexa, VII

0

0%

1

1%

Primary somatic conclusion (%)

External causes of morbidity and mortality, XX

41

59%

26

30%

- Accident

4

6%

9

11%

- Intentional self-harm

24

37%

1

1%

- Medical

6

9%

17

18

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, XIX

35

54%

18

21%

Neoplasms, II

10

15%

21

24%

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, XVIII

12

19%

16

19%

Diseases of the digestive system, XI

7

11%

19

22%

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases, I

5

8%

15

17%

Diseases of the circulatory system, IX

4

6%

16

19%

Diseases of the nervous system,

8

12%

9

11%

Diseases of the respiratory system, X

1

2%

15

17%

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, XII

1

2%

10

12%

Diseases of the genitourinary system, XIV

5

8%

6

7%

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, IV

2

3%

4

5%

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, XV

2

3%

3

4%

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process, VIII

1

2%

1

1%

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, XIII

1

2%

1

1%

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services, XXI

1

2%

1

1%

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism, III

1

2%

0

0%

Diseases of the eye and adnexa, VII

0

0%

1

1%

Psychiatric conclusion, V (%)

Any psychiatric conclusion

59

91%

69

80%

Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders

16

25%

44

51%

Mood [affective] disorders

9

14%

8

9%

Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use

8

12%

3

4%

Disorders of adult personality and behavior

8

12%

3

4%

Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders

4

6%

5

6%

Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders

7

11%

1

1%

Behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors

1

2%

1

1%

Disorders of psychological development

0

0%

1

1%

Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

0

0%

1

1%

Unspecified mental disorder

6

9%

2

2%

  1. Diagnoses ordered from most frequent to least frequent. Roman numbers behind diagnoses correspond with ICD chapter code. ICD-10 subcategories were explored for the two categories wherein most patients were included. If someone had a diagnosis in chapter β€œExternal causes of morbidity and mortality” a diagnosis in another chapter was also required, usually in chapter β€œInjury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external cause”. This resulted in many patients having at least two diagnoses. Psychiatric conclusions described with ICD-10 blocks of chapter V mental and behavioral disorders (F00-F99)