All-cause emergency department visits and hospitalizations in persons with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review
Authors' conclusion
Heterogeneity of estimates of all-cause acute care use in RA cohorts is considerable.
Study context
- Population
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cohorts in the contemporary context90 articles · 113 cohorts
- Outcome
- Rate (cases per 100 person-years) or proportion (% of cohort with an acute care event) of all-cause ED visits or hospitalizations, stratified a priori by admission type and observation period
Methodological detailsnarrative synthesis, box-and-whisker plots, meta-analysis precluded by heterogeneity, 2 electronic databases, 25-year period
- Narrative synthesis
- Box-and-whisker plots
- Meta-analysis precluded by heterogeneity
- 2 electronic databases
- 25-year period
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
All-cause acute care use in RA cohorts
Hospital readmissions after an index event (greatest source of use)
up to 161/100py
ED visits
up to 94/100py
Index hospital admissions
up to 71/100py
Original publication
All-cause emergency department visits and hospitalizations in persons with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review. Semin Arthritis Rheum. Published 13 September 2026. doi:10.
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