Seasonal Variation in Neurologic Hospitalizations in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Certain neurologic diseases have been noted to vary by season, and this is important for understanding disease mechanisms and risk factors, but seasonality has not been systematically examined across the spectrum of neurologic disease, and methodologic guidance is also lacking.

Methods

Using nationally representative data from the National Inpatient Sample, a stratified 20% sample of all non-federal acute care hospitalizations in the United States, we calculated the monthly rate of hospitalization for 14 neurologic diseases from 2016 to 2018. For each disease, we assessed seasonality of hospitalization using chi-squared, Edward, and Walter-Elwood tests and seasonal time series regression models. Statistical tests were adjusted for multiple hypothesis testing using

SUBMITTER: Hamedani AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10956618 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature