Nationwide racial/ethnic disparities in US emergency department visits and hospitalizations for gout.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Gout prevalence is reportedly ∼20% higher in US Black adults than Whites, but racial differences in emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for gout are unknown. We evaluated the latest US national utilization datasets according to racial/ethnic groups.

Methods

Using 2019 US National Emergency Department Sample and National Inpatient Sample databases, we compared racial/ethnic differences in annual population rates of ED visits and hospitalizations for gout (primary discharge diagnosis) per 100 000 US adults (using 2019 age- and sex-specific US census data). We also examined rates of ED visits and hospitalizations for gout among all US ED visits/hospitalizations and mean costs for each gout encounter.

Results

Compared with White patients, the

SUBMITTER: Yokose C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234199 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature