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ArticleBMJ open2025

Epidemiology and burden of adult chronic pancreatitis in South Australia: a 20-year data linkage study.

Tristan J Bampton, John W Chen, Alex Brown, Meghan I Barnett, P Toby Coates, Lyle John Palmer

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Tristan J BamptonSchool of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
John W ChenDepartment of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia.
Alex BrownAustralian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Meghan I BarnettSchool of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
P Toby CoatesCentral Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0342-8179
Lyle John PalmerSchool of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia lyle.palmer@adelaide.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1628-3055

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objectivesTo investigate the epidemiology and burden of adult-onset chronic pancreatitis (CP) in South Australia.

designRetrospective case-control study; data linkage.

settingAll public adult hospitals in SA.

participantsAdministrative data linkage from South Australia-Northern Territory DataLink was used to ascertain an index cohort of all adults with an initial diagnosis of CP aged >19 years between June 2000 and June 2019. Age- and sex-matched controls were drawn from the general population of SA, adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus and adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (defined by International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision coding).

main outcome measuresHospital visits, days in hospital, emergency department visits, intensive care unit admissions, incidence, prevalence.

resultsA total of 2503 incident index cases with CP were identified. The crude prevalence and incidence were estimated as 195.1 per 100 000 and 10.4 per 100 000 per annum, respectively. Cases of CP averaged more hospital visits for any reason (median 11, IQR 5 to 21.75) than the general population (median 1, IQR 0 to 4) and had a higher healthcare burden than controls with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes (all p<0.001). Indigenous individuals were over-represented in the cohort (n=358; 14.8% vs 1.5% of the general population) and had higher healthcare utilisation than other patients with CP (p<0.001).

conclusionsCP is a significant burden on the SA healthcare system and was more prevalent and more burdensome in Indigenous adults. CP consumes a disproportionate level of public health services. Our findings support further research and preventive efforts, particularly in the Indigenous population.

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Cost of IllnessPancreatitis, ChronicAdultAgedCase-Control StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Emergency Service, HospitalFemaleHospitalizationHumansIncidenceInformation Storage and RetrievalMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceChronic DiseaseEPIDEMIOLOGYHealthCare CostsPancreatic disease

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PMCPMC11887304

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