Incidence, Characteristics, and Cost of Eyelid Lacerations in the United States from 2006 to 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To report the incidence, demographics, and cost of eyelid lacerations (ELs) in the USA.

Methods

The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample is the largest publicly available emergency department database in the US. We conducted a retrospective longitudinal analysis to identify all emergency department (ED) visits in the sample from 2006 to 2014 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of EL. Descriptive statistics were calculated for hospital characteristics, patient demographics, and inflation-adjusted patient ED and in-patient (IP) charges.

Results

The incidence of primary and total ELs from 2006 to 2014 decreased by 50 per million and 7.1 per million, respectively. In the same period, the total ED and average ED charge, corrected for inflation, increased b

SUBMITTER: Cade KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9834453 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature