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GENDER DIFFERENCE IN CLINICAL CONDITIONS AMONG HOSPITALIZED ADULTS WITH MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY
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3 2019
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Source: Muscle Nerve. 59(3):348-353
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Alternative Title:Muscle Nerve
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Description:Introduction:
In this study we examined gender differences in adult hospitalizations with myotonic dystrophy (DM).
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From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2010–2014, we identified 1,891 adult hospitalizations with a DM diagnosis and constructed a comparison group of hospitalizations without DM using propensity score matching. We calculated relative risk by gender for 44 clinical diagnoses that each accounted for at least 5% of DM hospitalizations.
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Hospitalizations with DM were longer (4.8 vs. 4.1 days, P < 0.0001) and more costly ($13,241 vs. $11,458, P < 0.0001) than those without DM. More than half (25 of 44) of the conditions co-occurring with DM hospitalizations did not differ in their relative risks by gender. For those that differed by gender, only 5 were specific to DM, compared with hospitalizations without DM.
Discussion:
Our findings highlight the importance of comprehensive and coordinated care for DM rather than gender-oriented care in the inpatient setting.
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Pubmed ID:30575975
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC7702279
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