Janet Song, Mauricio Castaño Ramírez, Justin T Okano, Susan K Service, Juan de la Hoz, Ana M Díaz-Zuluaga, Cristian Vargas Upegui, Cristian Gallago, Alejandro Arias, Alexandra Valderrama Sánchez, Terri Teshiba, Chiara Sabatti, Ruben C Gur, Carrie E Bearden, Javier I Escobar, Victor I Reus, Carlos Lopez Jaramillo, Nelson B Freimer, Loes M Olde Loohuis, Sally Blower
BACKGROUND: Geographical variations in mood and psychotic disorders have been found in upper-income countries. We looked for geographic variation in these disorders in Colombia, a middle-income country. We analyzed electronic health records from the Clínica San Juan de Dios Manizales (CSJDM), which provides comprehensive mental healthcare for the one million inhabitants of Caldas. METHODS: We constructed a friction surface map of Caldas and used it to calculate the travel-time to the CSJDM for 16,295 patients who had received an initial diagnosis of mood or psychotic disorder...
February 21, 2024: Commun Med (Lond)