Osteoarthritis and risk of hospitalization for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions: a general population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between OA and risk of hospitalization for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (HACSCs).

Methods

We included all individuals aged 40-85 years who resided in Skåne, Sweden on 31 December 2005 with at least one healthcare consultation during 1998-2005 (n = 515 256). We identified those with a main diagnosis of OA between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2016. People were followed from 1 January 2006 until an HACSC, death, relocation outside Skåne, or 31 December 2016 (whichever occurred first). OA status was treated as a time-varying covariate (those diagnosed before 1 January 2006 considered as exposed for whole study period). We assessed relative [hazard ratios (HRs) using Cox proportional hazard model] and absolute (hazard difference us

SUBMITTER: Kiadaliri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8410004 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature