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. 2020 May 5:1–8. doi: 10.1017/ipm.2020.29

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 - - - - - -