Psychiatric care was defined as at least one visit or hospital admission (i.e. out- and inpatient care) with a main or complimentary diagnosis with an ICD10 code F00-99 registered in the Hospital Discharge Register during the period between 2002 and 2013. The year of 2002 was chosen as starting point since this is the 1st year where information on outpatient care was available.
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