Gender differences in XXXX -associated cumulative healthcare utilization: a population-based cohort study.

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BACKGROUND: @entity1691 ( @entity1691 ) is one of the most common @entity627 with gender differences in prevalence and clinical presentation. This study aimed to examine whether such gender differences are correlated with cumulative healthcare utilization in Taiwan. METHODS: The National Health Insurance Research Database supplied claim records of one million individuals from 1996 to 2007. Selected cases included @entity1 aged >16 years. Certified rheumatologists diagnosed the @entity1 in three or more visits and gave prescriptions for @entity1691 . Multivariate adjusted logistic regression analyses were used to calculate the influence of gender on cumulative healthcare utilization associated with @entity1691 . RESULTS: The study included 228 @entity1 and 636 @entity1 . After adjustment for potential confounding factors, @entity1 had more cumulative outpatient visits associated with @entity1691 (odds ratio, 1.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.13 -2.23; p = 0.008). @entity1 also exhibited a trend for higher frequency of @entity1691 -related hospitalization (p = 0.054). CONCLUSION: @entity1 are more likely to have high cumulative @entity1691 -associated healthcare utilization than @entity1 . Further investigation of the causal factors is warranted.
