Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Frailty and emergency department utilisation in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus ≤65 years of age: an administrative claims data analysis of Medicaid beneficiaries
Main finding · Recurrent ED useResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 1.75 95% CI 1.48–2.08Authors' conclusion
Frailty increased hazard of recurrent ED visits in frail adults ≤65 years of age with SLE relative to comparable non-frail adults with SLE.
Study context
- Participants
- 2,262 participants
- Exposure
- Frail vs non-frail adults ≤65 years with SLE
- Outcome
- Recurrent emergency department (ED) utilisation
Methodological detailsadministrative claims data analysis, comparators matched 4:1 on age and gender, Cox proportional hazard model extension for recurrent events
- Administrative claims data analysis
- Comparators matched 4:1 on age and gender
- Cox proportional hazard model extension for recurrent events
Main finding
Recurrent ED use
Hazard ratio
1.75
95% CI 1.48–2.08
Frailvs Non-frail
HR 1.75 (95% CI 1.48–2.08)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Prevalence of frailty (both CFIs) · 2011
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Original publication
Frailty and emergency department utilisation in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus ≤65 years of age: an administrative claims data analysis of Medicaid beneficiaries. Lupus Sci Med. Published 31 July 2023. doi:10.
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