Table 3.
Total number of admissions to seven GHPWs in Italy during six index periods and corresponding annual admission rates (per 1000 adult residents) and mean ages at admission. For the sake of comparison with national data, admission rates are referred to a period of 365 days
| Number of admissions | Rates of admissions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | January | February | March | January | February | March | ||||||
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 |
| All admissions | 194 | 221 | 236 | 245 | 265 | 182 | 1.70 | 1.94 | 2.29 | 2.30 | 2.33 | 1.60 |
| Voluntary admissions | 181 | 212 | 220 | 226 | 245 | 164 | 1.59 | 1.86 | 2.14 | 2.12 | 2.15 | 1.44 |
| Involuntary admissions | 13 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
| Diagnosis | ||||||||||||
| Schizophrenia spectrum disorders | 13 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.13 |
| Affective disorders | 62 | 68 | 69 | 59 | 94 | 42 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.67 | 0.55 | 0.82 | 0.37 |
| Personality disorders | 57 | 63 | 67 | 93 | 62 | 48 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 0.87 | 0.54 | 0.42 |
| Substance use disorders | 42 | 57 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 44 | 0.37 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.38 |
| Other diagnoses | 20 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.29 |
| Mean age at admission ( ± SD) | 42.8 ± 16.7 | 42.5 ± 16.5 | 44.1 ± 15.9 | 41.0 ± 16.3 | 44.3 ± 15.5 | 43.0 ± 16.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |