07.01.03. Please provide the number of people who received a diagnostic assessment in the most recent year for which data are available | Hong Kong SAR

07.01.03. Please provide the number of people who received a diagnostic assessment in the most recent year for which data are available | Hong Kong SAR

22 Aug 2022

There is no information available regarding the number of people who received a diagnostic assessment in the most recent year of a specific year. In year 2015-2016, about 28,000 people with dementia were receiving specialist care in Hospital Authority mainly provided by the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Medicine (Food and Health Bureau, 2017a). The number of diagnosis assessment provided by the private sector is not clear.

References:

Food and Health Bureau. (2017a). Mental Health Review Report.  Retrieved from https://www.fhb.gov.hk/download/press_and_publications/otherinfo/180500_mhr/e_mhr_full_report.pdf.