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ArticleSpinal cord2020

Trends in nonroutine physician visits and hospitalizations: findings among five cohorts from the Spinal Cord Injury Longitudinal Aging Study.

Chao Li, Jillian M R Clark, Nicole DiPiro, Jon Roesler, James S Krause

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Article in Spinal cord, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Chao LiCollege of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Jillian M R ClarkCollege of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Nicole DiPiroCollege of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Jon RoeslerMinnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN, USA.
James S KrauseCollege of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. krause@musc.edu.

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ACL HHS 90IF0015ACL HHS 90IF0112
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Abstract

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designLongitudinal cohort study

objectiveTo evaluate lifetime variation in healthcare utilization among individuals with a chronic spinal cord injury (SCI).

settingMedical university in the Southeastern United States (US).

methodsParticipants were identified from two Midwestern University hospitals and a specialty hospital in the Southeastern US and were enrolled in 1973-1974, 1984-1985, 1993-1994, and 2003-2004. Generalized linear mixed models were used to explore changes in nonroutine physician visits, hospitalizations, and days hospitalized within the 24 months prior to the study.

resultsSignificant temporal linear spline change was found for nonroutine physician visits. The proportion of participants reporting ≥10 nonroutine physician visits in the 24 months prior to assessment kept relatively constant over the 30 years post injury (p value of trend: p = 0.605) and sharply increased afterwards (p

conclusionsThe natural course of changes in three indices of healthcare utilization was curve-linearly, rather than linearly related to years post injury. People with SCI tended to have significant changes in healthcare utilization after about 30 years injury.

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AgingAdultAgedFacilities and Services UtilizationFemaleHospitalizationHumansLength of StayLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedOffice VisitsPhysiciansSpinal Cord Injuries

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