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Table 2 Proportion of patients reporting health care utilization for gout over the prior months 6 months

From: Patients’ knowledge and beliefs concerning gout and its treatment: a population based study

Type of Care

Total population

Stratified by disease activity

 

N (%)

Active gout N (%)

Not active gout N (%)

P value

Ambulatory encounter

84 (35)

51 (96)

33 (18)

0.0001

Emergency Department encounter

12 (5)

12 (23)

0 (0)

0.0001

Joint injection

11 (5)

7 (13)

4 (2)

0.0008

Radiology study

33 (14)

20 (38)

13 (7)

0.0001