Distinct healthcare utilization profiles of high healthcare use tuberculosis survivors: A latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent data have demonstrated that healthcare use after treatment for respiratory tuberculosis (TB) remains elevated in the years following treatment completion. However, it remains unclear which TB survivors are high healthcare users and whether any variation exists within this population. Thus, the primary objective of this study was to identify distinct profiles of high healthcare-use TB survivors to help inform post-treatment support and care.

Methods

Using linked health administrative data from British Columbia, Canada, we identified foreign-born individuals who completed treatment for incident respiratory TB between 1990 and 2019. We defined high healthcare-use TB survivors as those in the top 10% of annual emergency department visits, hospital admissions, o

SUBMITTER: Romanowski K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10513257 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature