Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/64257, first published .
Digital Surveillance of Mental Health Care Services in Saudi Arabia: Cross-Sectional Study of National e-Referral System Data

Digital Surveillance of Mental Health Care Services in Saudi Arabia: Cross-Sectional Study of National e-Referral System Data

Digital Surveillance of Mental Health Care Services in Saudi Arabia: Cross-Sectional Study of National e-Referral System Data

Abdullah A Alharbi   1 , PhD ;   Nawfal A Aljerian   2, 3 , SBEM ;   Meshary S Binhotan   4, 5 , PhD ;   Hani A Alghamdi   6 , PhD ;   Ali K Alsultan   2 , EMBA ;   Mohammed S Arafat   2 , EMBA ;   Abdulrahman Aldhabib   2 , MBBS ;   Yasser A Alaska   7 , MBBS ;   Eid B Alwahbi   2 , MSc ;   Mohammed A Muaddi   1 , PhD ;   Ahmad Y Alqassim   1 , PhD ;   Ronnie D Horner   8 , PhD

1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

2 Medical Referrals Centre, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

3 Department of Emergency Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

4 Department of Emergency Medical Services, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

5 King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

6 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

7 Department of Emergency Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

8 Department of Health Services Research and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Mohammed A Muaddi, PhD
  • Department of Family and Community Medicine
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Jazan University
  • Al Maarefah Rd
  • Jazan, 45142
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Phone: 966 173295000
  • Email: mothman@jazanu.edu.sa