Pediatric Urinary Stone Disease in the United States: The Urologic Diseases in America Project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the recent epidemiology of pediatric urinary stone disease (USD) in the United States.

Methods

We utilized the 2004-2016 Optum^© Clinformatics® Data Mart database, a de-identified adjudicated administrative health claims database that includes 15-18 million individuals covered annually by commercial insurance in all 50 US states. The analysis included 12,739,125 children aged 0-18 years. We calculated annual rates of USD, ambulatory visits, and procedures, and the prevalence of prescription fills.

Results

The 2005-2016 USD rate was 59.5 cases per 100,000 person-years. The annual rate rose gradually from 2005 to a peak of 65.2 cases per 100,000 person-years in 2011. The USD rate increased with increasing age, and was highest among females

SUBMITTER: Ward JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6988134 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature