Time Trends, Predictors, and Outcome of Emergency Department Use for Gout: A Nationwide US Study

From the Medicine Service, Birmingham Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center; Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Supported by research funds from the UAB Division of Rheumatology and the resources and use of facilities at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. JAS is also supported by a grant from the US National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (P50 AR060772).
J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, UAB; and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; S. Yu, MS, Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, and the Division of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, UAB.
Address correspondence to Dr. J.A. Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th St. S, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. E-mail: Jasvinder.md@gmail.com.
Accepted for publication March 15, 2016.

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