Figure 3.
Influence of criteria for identifying patients in regular attendance of the Mental Health Service and on psychotherapy on the HR for hospital admission for mental disorders. Lombardy Region, Italy, 2005–2012. Criteria concerning the time span within which two consecutive visits for allowing regular attendance (in box A, patients with regular attendance are contrasted with those who experience at least a discontinuing episode), and the cumulative number of psychotherapy sessions (in box B, patients with at least a given number of sessions are contrasted with those who experience fewer sessions). HR estimated according to Cox proportional hazard model. Estimates are adjusted for covariates listed in tables 1 and 2.
