Trends, geographic distribution, and disease burden of bipolar disorder in Ecuador (2011–2021): An analysis of hospital discharge data

• Alberto Rodríguez-Lorenzana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alberto Rodríguez-Lorenzana, Marco Coral-Almeida, Sarah J. Carrington

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Sciences Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Navarra, Spain

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• Marco Coral-Almeida ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alberto Rodríguez-Lorenzana, Marco Coral-Almeida, Sarah J. Carrington

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Veterinary Medicine Department, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador, Biochemoinformatics Group, General Direction of Research and Liaison, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0211-2906

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• Sarah J. Carrington ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alberto Rodríguez-Lorenzana, Marco Coral-Almeida, Sarah J. Carrington

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Mabel Torres-Tapia ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation CEC Research Group, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.

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• Diana Álvarez-Mejía ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation CEC Research Group, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5159-8454

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• Milena Santana ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Veterinary Medicine Department, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador

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• Guido Mascialino

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: guido.mascialino@udla.edu.ec

  Affiliation CEC Research Group, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7408-6546

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