Citation

Dillard DA, Avey JP, Robinson RF, Smith JJ, Beals J, Manson SM, Comtois KA. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2016; 47(1): 27-37.

Affiliation

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12259

PMID

27111633

Abstract

Alaska Native and American Indian people (AN/AIs) are disproportionately affected by suicide. Within a large AN/AI health service organization, demographic, clinical, and service utilization factors were compared between those with a suicide-related health visit and those without. Cases had higher odds of a behavioral health diagnosis, treatment for an injury, behavioral health specialty care visits, and opioid medication dispensation in the year prior to a suicide-related visit compared to gender-, age-, and residence- (urban versus rural) matched controls. Odds of a suicide-related visit were lower among those with private insurance and those with non-primary care ambulatory clinic visits.

© 2016 The American Association of Suicidology.

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