title: Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Charges for Gout in the United States between 2006 and 2012.
abstract: To examine temporal trends in the rate of gout emergency department (ED) visits and charges in the United States between 2006 and 2012.
  
  
  
  A serial cross-sectional analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample.
  
  
  
  The rate of ED visits for gout in adults overall increased from 75.0 to 85.4 per 100,000 persons over the study period (14% increase, p < 0.001), and increased 29% for those aged 45-54 years. Nationwide ED charges increased from $156 million to $281 million (80% increase, p < 0.001).
  
  
  
  Between 2006 and 2012, the rate of gout ED visits increased among US adults, most notably in those aged 45-54 years.
authors.affiliation: From the Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.S. Jinno, MD, MSc, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; K. Hasegawa, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; T. Neogi, MD, PhD, Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; T. Goto, MD, VA Boston Healthcare System; M. Dubreuil, MD, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, and the VA Boston Healthcare System. Sadao.jinno@bmc.org.
authors.forename: Sadao
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authors.lastname: Jinno
authors.affiliation: From the Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.S. Jinno, MD, MSc, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; K. Hasegawa, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; T. Neogi, MD, PhD, Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; T. Goto, MD, VA Boston Healthcare System; M. Dubreuil, MD, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, and the VA Boston Healthcare System.
authors.forename: Kohei
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authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: From the Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.S. Jinno, MD, MSc, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; K. Hasegawa, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; T. Neogi, MD, PhD, Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; T. Goto, MD, VA Boston Healthcare System; M. Dubreuil, MD, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, and the VA Boston Healthcare System.
authors.forename: Tuhina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neogi
authors.affiliation: From the Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.S. Jinno, MD, MSc, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; K. Hasegawa, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; T. Neogi, MD, PhD, Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; T. Goto, MD, VA Boston Healthcare System; M. Dubreuil, MD, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, and the VA Boston Healthcare System.
authors.forename: Tadahiro
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authors.lastname: Goto
authors.affiliation: From the Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.S. Jinno, MD, MSc, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; K. Hasegawa, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; T. Neogi, MD, PhD, Section of Rheumatology, and Section of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; T. Goto, MD, VA Boston Healthcare System; M. Dubreuil, MD, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, and the VA Boston Healthcare System.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubreuil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D017722:Hospital Charges; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States
keywords: EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOUT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT