Outpatient Urinary Tract Infections in an Era of Virtual Healthcare: Trends From 2008 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) occur commonly, but recent data on UTI rates are scarce. It is unknown how the growth of virtual healthcare delivery affects outpatient UTI management and trends in the United States.

Methods

From 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2017, UTIs from outpatient settings (office, emergency, and virtual visits) were identified from electronic health records at Kaiser Permanente Southern California using multiple UTI definitions. Annual rates estimated by Poisson regression were stratified by sex, care setting, age, and race/ethnicity. Annual trends were estimated by linear or piecewise Poisson regression.

Results

UTIs occurred in 1 065 955 individuals. Rates per 1000 person-years were 53.7 (95% confidence interval [CI], 50.6-57.0) by d

SUBMITTER: Bruxvoort KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456352 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature