Diagnosis and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Across the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Untreated primary hyperparathyroidism impairs quality of life and incurs substantial costs. Parathyroidectomy is a low-risk, high-success, definitive intervention.

Objectives

To determine the appropriateness of diagnostic evaluation for primary hyperparathyroidism in patients with hypercalcemia and the use of parathyroidectomy for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism across the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study of veterans with hypercalcemia and primary hyperparathyroidism was conducted from January 1, 2000, through September 30, 2015, using the VA Corporate Data Warehouse, a national electronic health record-based repository. The study included 371 370 veterans with chronic hype

SUBMITTER: Alore EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6632180 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature