Annual consultation incidence of osteoarthritis estimated from population-based health care data in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the consultation incidence of OA using population-based health care data in England and compare OA incidence figures with those derived in other countries.

Methods

A population-based health care database (Consultations in Primary Care Archive) in England was used to derive the consultation incidence of OA (overall and by joint site) using the maximum available run-in period method. These estimates, and their distribution by age and sex, were compared with those published from population-based health care databases in Canada, the Netherlands and Spain. A novel age-stratified run-in period method was then used to investigate whether the consultation incidence has been increasing over time in younger adults.

Results

The annual consultation incidenc

SUBMITTER: Yu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4603278 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature