Mortality following hospital discharge with a diagnosis of eating disorder: national record linkage study, England, 2001-2009.

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OBJECTIVE: To calculate mortality of people with eating disorders (ED) in England, relative to that of people of the same age and sex, between 2001 and 2009. We were specifically interested in mortality amongst adolescents and young adults (15-24 years), and older adults (25-44 years). METHOD: We analyzed a NHS Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset for all England, linked to death registrations, to calculate age- and sex-specific discharge rates for people with a diagnosis of ED and their...

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Authors: Hoang, U; Goldacre, M; James, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: International journal of eating disorders
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 507-515
• Publication date: 2014-07-01
• DOI: 10.1002/eat.22249
• EISSN: 1098-108X
• ISSN: 0276-3478
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Bulimia Nervosa; Suicide; Adult; Eating Disorders; Cause of Death; Male; Patient Discharge; Schizophrenia; England; Anorexia Nervosa; Young Adult; Depressive Disorder; Female; Adolescent