Care Trajectories of People With Mood Disorders in Quebec Using a Sequence Analysis Method

Results show that the burden of mood disorders is unevenly distributed across care trajectories: a small vulnerable group accounts for a disproportionate share of specialized healthcare use, while the majority relies only marginally on the public system. These findings highlight the heterogeneity of patients with mood disorders and underscore the need for differentiated, profile-specific approaches to healthcare planning rather than uniform treatment strategies.