Sociodemographic, deprivation and service-related determinants of inpatient use among people with severe mental illness

People living with severe mental illnesses (SMI) are more likely to use psychiatric inpatient services than the general population. The frequency of hospital admissions can be a reliable indicator of relapse and severity of SMI; however, it is unclear at present which personal, or neighbourhood characteristics predict higher or lower rates of hospital admissions in different patient groups. in this study, we will examine the relationships between ethnicity, area level deprivation and rates of hospitalisation.