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Mental Health Disorders and Publicly Funded Service Use by HIV Positive Individuals: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Ontario, Canada

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We compared use of community and hospital-based mental health and addiction (MH&A) services by adults with and without HIV. This population-based study examined the probability and intensity of MH&A service use by individuals with (n = 5095) and without HIV (n = 2,753,091) in Ontario, Canada between 2013 and 2014. Adults with HIV were more likely than HIV-negative adults to use MH&A primary and psychiatric care, and to have MH&A emergency department visits and hospital admissions; they also used more of each service. Use of MH&A hospital services was particularly high for persons in the HIV group compared to the no HIV group.

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Abbreviations

CHCs:

Community health centres

CI:

Confidence interval

ED:

Emergency department

HIV:

Human immunodeficiency virus

MH&A:

Mental health and addiction

OR:

Odds ratio

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Parts of this material are based on data and information compiled and provided by Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). However, the analyses, conclusions, opinions and statements expressed herein are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of CIHI. This study was supported by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), which is funded by an annual Grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC). The opinions, results and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by ICES or the Ontario MOHLTC is intended or should be inferred.

Funding

T. A. was supported by a CIHR New Investigator Award. This study was also supported by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario MOHLTC. The opinions, results and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by ICES is intended or should be inferred. Parts of this material are based on data and information compiled and provided by CIHI. However, the analyses, conclusions, opinions and statements expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of CIHI.

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  1. Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anna Durbin

  2. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anna Durbin, Hilary K. Brown, Tony Antoniou, Symron Bansal & Yona Lunsky

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anna Durbin, Hilary K. Brown, Marina Heifetz & Yona Lunsky

  4. Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada

    Hilary K. Brown

  5. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Hilary K. Brown

  6. Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Hilary K. Brown

  7. Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Tony Antoniou

  8. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Tony Antoniou

  9. Research and Evaluation, Canadian Mental Health Association–Toronto Branch, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Frank Sirotich

  10. Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Frank Sirotich

  11. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Marina Heifetz & Yona Lunsky

  12. LOFT Community Services/McEwan Housing & Support Services, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kay Roesslein

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Durbin, A., Brown, H.K., Antoniou, T. et al. Mental Health Disorders and Publicly Funded Service Use by HIV Positive Individuals: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Ontario, Canada. AIDS Behav 21, 3457–3463 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1949-5

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