Outcomes for university students following emergency care presentation for deliberate self-harm: a retrospective observational study of emergency departments in England for 2017/2018.

Objectives: Identify university-aged students and contrast their healthcare provision and outcomes with other patients in the same age group attending emergency departments for deliberate self-harm.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional observational study.

Setting: Patients visiting 129 public hospital emergency departments across England between April 2017 and March 2018.