The association between economic indicators and the incidence of tetraplegia from traumatic spinal cord injury in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic performance may affect public health parameters. This study aimed to determine the time trend of incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and its association with income, presented by GDP (gross domestic product) per capita.

Methods

This study was a retrospective observational study in Taiwan. Newly diagnosed SCI patients with moderate to severe disability from 2002 to 2015 were identified from the reimbursement database of the National Health Insurance (NHI) system (1998-2015). CIR_16-99 (cumulative incidence rate, aged 16-99 years, per 10³ person-years) and CIR_16-59 (aged 16-59 years) of SCI from 2002 to 2015 were measured.

Results

There were 5048 newly diagnosed SCI patients during the study period. After c

SUBMITTER: Lien WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968275 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature