Emergency department visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions by persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We estimated emergency department (ED) visit rates for Canadian-indicator Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) by persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relative to age- and sex-matched general population controls.

Methods

Cases were identified using a validated definition based on International Classification of Diseases codes (years 2002-2023). We identified visits in the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) where the most responsible diagnosis was for any ACSC (grand mal seizures, chronic lower respiratory diseases, asthma, diabetes, heart failure and pulmonary edema, hypertension, angina) and extracted visit acuity. Annual incidence rates were calculated within five years from the index date. The incidence rate ratio between RA and non-RA was

SUBMITTER: Contreras DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12694863 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature