Distinct care trajectories among persons living with arthritic conditions: A two-year state sequence analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Developing solutions to optimize care trajectories (CareTs) requires examining patient journeys through the health care system. This study aimed to describe CareTs among people living with arthritis and evaluate their association with self-reported health outcomes.

Methods

Analyses were conducted using the TorSaDE Cohort (n = 102,148), which connects the 2007 to 2016 Canadian Community Health Surveys (CCHS) with Quebec administrative databases (longitudinal claims). CareTs of participants living with arthritis according to CCHS (n = 16,631), over the two years before CCHS completion, were clustered using state sequence analysis (months as a time unit). CareT group membership was then put in association with self-reported outcomes (pain intensity and

SUBMITTER: Nguena Nguefack HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9699830 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature