Healthcare burden of in‐hospital gout

Internal Medicine Journal - Tập 42 Số 11 - Trang 1261-1263 - 2012
G. Lee1, Lynden Roberts1,2
1Department of Rheumatology The Townsville Hospital Townsville Queensland Australia
2School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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AbstractThe disease burden of inpatient gout has not been reported. Using a discharge diagnosis database and individual case record review, 77 patients who developed acute gout complicating a hospital admission for another reason were identified between January 2001 and April 2010 at The Townsville Hospital. A control group of 28 301 cases with identical principal diagnoses were similarly ascertained, along with a subgroup of 231 cases matched for age, gender and ethnicity. Patients with an admission complicated by acute gout stayed 6 days longer in hospital than matched control patients (9 days vs 3 days, P = 0.0005) with the same principal diagnoses and demographics. Patients with an attack of gout were more likely to be older, male or indigenous. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment may help to reduce the healthcare costs of this overlooked disease.

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Internal Medicine Journal

Tập 42 Số 11

1261-1263

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