Emergency department use by persons with MS: A population-based descriptive study with a focus on infection-related visits

We described emergency department (ED) visits (all visits and infection-related) by persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) in British Columbia, Canada (1 April 2012 to 31 December 2017). We identified 15,350 MS cases using health administrative data; 73.4% were women, averaging 51.4 years at study ent...

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Autores principales: Graf, Jonas, Ng, Huah Shin, Zhu, Feng, Zhao, Yinshan, Wijnands, José MA, Evans, Charity, Fisk, John D, Marrie, Ruth Ann, Tremlett, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Short Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9442277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35232298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13524585221078497
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Sumario:We described emergency department (ED) visits (all visits and infection-related) by persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) in British Columbia, Canada (1 April 2012 to 31 December 2017). We identified 15,350 MS cases using health administrative data; 73.4% were women, averaging 51.4 years at study entry. Over 4.9 years of follow-up (mean), 56.0% of MS cases visited an ED (mean = 0.6 visits/person/year; total = 37,072 visits). A diagnosis was documented for 25,698 (69.3%) ED visits, and 18.4% (4725/25,698) were infection-related. Inpatient admissions were reported for 20.4% (5238/25,698) of all and 29.2% (1380/4725) of infection-related ED visits. Findings suggest that the ED plays a substantial role in MS healthcare and infection management.

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