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Emergency department visit rates for gout increased from 2006 to 2012
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Recently published data indicated the emergency department visit rates for gout increased among adults in the United States, especially for patients aged 45 years to 54 years.
“Between 2006 and 2012, [emergency department] ED visits for gout increased among U.S. adults,” Sadao Jinno, MD, told Healio Rheumatology. “ED visit rates increased 29% among the middle-aged adults, and overall national ED visits charges for gout increased $125 million over the same period. Our data should facilitate further investigations to determine the reasons for the increased rates of ED visits, especially among the middle-aged adults, to implement effective gout management to stabilize health care costs related to gout.”
Jinno and colleagues conducted a series cross-sectional analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample data from 2006 to 2012 and identified ED visits for patients with gout. Investigators analyzed outcome trends with binomial regression models and estimated the total costs of the case-level charges based on ratios from the hospital sampling.
Results showed ED visits rates for patients with gout increased during the study period from 75 to 85.4 per 100,000 persons. Investigators noted the ED rate increased in patents aged 45 years to 54 years by 29%. According to the researchers, there was an 80% increase in nationwide ED charges from $156 million to $281 million. ‒ by Monica Jaramillo
Disclosure: Jinno reports no relevant financial disclosures.
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