Hospitalizations and emergency room visits for adolescents and young adults with muscular dystrophy living in South Carolina.
Hospitalizations and emergency room visits for adolescents and young adults with muscular dystrophy living in South Carolina.
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居住在南卡罗来纳州的患有肌营养不良症的青少年和年轻人住院和急诊室就诊。
DOI：
10.1002/mus.24599
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发表时间：
2015
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影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Street,Natalie
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作者：
Mann,JoshuaR;Royer,JulieA;Mcdermott,Suzanne;Hardin,JamesW;Ozturk,Orgul;Street,Natalie
简介：从青春期过渡到成年可能是有罕见残疾的个体，如肌肉萎缩症（MD）。方法：我们确定了一个由220名MD患者和440名匹配的对照患者组成的队列，并使用所有付款人医院出院统一计费数据，测量了2000年至2010年的急诊室（ER）和住院（IP）就诊情况。我们比较了患有和不患有MD的人群，以及15-19岁的MD患者和20-24岁的MD患者的ER和IP使用率。结果：MD患者的ER和IP使用率明显高于对照组。此外，20-24岁年龄组的ER和IP使用率显著高于15-19岁年龄组。结论：需要进一步的研究来确定年轻人ER和IP使用的增加是由于医疗保健过渡的困难还是疾病严重程度的增加。中国生物医学工程学报（英文版），2015
Introduction: Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood can be problematic for individuals with rare disabilities such as muscular dystrophy (MD).Methods: We identified a cohort of 220 individuals with MD and 440 matched comparison individuals and measured emergency room (ER) and inpatient (IP) encounters for the years 2000 through 2010, using all‐payer hospital discharge uniform billing data. We compared ER and IP use rates for people with and without MD, and for 15–19‐year‐olds with MD to 20–24‐year‐olds with MD.Results: ER and IP use rates were significantly higher among individuals with MD than the comparison group. In addition, ER and IP use rates were significantly higher in the 20–24‐year age group than in the 15–19‐year group.Conclusions: Additional research is needed to determine whether increased ER and IP use in young adults is attributable to difficulties in healthcare transition versus increased disease severity.Muscle Nerve52: 714–721, 2015