Figure 3.

Forest plot showing effects of ECT on all-cause mortality and suicide death among hospitalized geriatric patients. Subjects are exact-matched on age, gender, Elixhauser comorbidity index, suicide attempt in prior year, psychiatric hospitalization in prior year, principal hospital diagnosis; models are adjusted for race, rural-urban setting, year of hospitalization, median income of zip code, and psychotropic medications in the prior year. Panel A includes all patients who receive 1 or more ECT sessions; Panel B includes those receiving a therapeutic course.