Reasons for Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Patients with Essential Tremor.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies suggest that patients with essential tremor (ET) have increased rates of healthcare utilization, but the reason for this increased use is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reasons for healthcare use among ET patients.

Methods

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of ET patients with an admission or emergency department (ED) visit at a tertiary health system from 2018-2023. Patients were matched on an encounter level with control patients based on propensity scores incorporating age, sex, race, and co-morbid conditions. The primary outcome was the odds of an encounter for each diagnostic category comparing ET patients with matched controls.

Results

Only inpatient admissions for neurologic diagnoses were more like

SUBMITTER: Howard S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11428660 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature