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Hospitalization Rates are Highest in the First 5 Years of Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Population-based Cohort (1980-2016)
Caitrin M. Coffey, Avneek S. Sandhu, Cynthia S. Crowson, Sara J. Achenbach, Eric L. Matteson, Thomas G. Osborn, Kenneth J. Warrington and Ashima Makol
The Journal of Rheumatology November 2020, jrheum.200737; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200737
Caitrin M. Coffey
Divison of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN. This study used the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. This study was also supported by the John M. Nasseff, Sr. Clinician Career Development Award in Rheumatology to Dr. Ashima Makol and Mayo Clinic CTSA through grant number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the NIH. Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashima Makol, Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: Makol.ashima@mayo.edu
Avneek S. Sandhu
Divison of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN. This study used the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. This study was also supported by the John M. Nasseff, Sr. Clinician Career Development Award in Rheumatology to Dr. Ashima Makol and Mayo Clinic CTSA through grant number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the NIH. Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashima Makol, Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: Makol.ashima@mayo.edu
Cynthia S. Crowson
Divison of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN. This study used the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. This study was also supported by the John M. Nasseff, Sr. Clinician Career Development Award in Rheumatology to Dr. Ashima Makol and Mayo Clinic CTSA through grant number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the NIH. Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashima Makol, Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: Makol.ashima@mayo.edu
Sara J. Achenbach
Divison of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN. This study used the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. This study was also supported by the John M. Nasseff, Sr. Clinician Career Development Award in Rheumatology to Dr. Ashima Makol and Mayo Clinic CTSA through grant number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the NIH. Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashima Makol, Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: Makol.ashima@mayo.edu
Eric L. Matteson
Divison of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN. This study used the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. This study was also supported by the John M. Nasseff, Sr. Clinician Career Development Award in Rheumatology to Dr. Ashima Makol and Mayo Clinic CTSA through grant number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the NIH. Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashima Makol, Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: Makol.ashima@mayo.edu
Thomas G. Osborn
Divison of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN. This study used the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. This study was also supported by the John M. Nasseff, Sr. Clinician Career Development Award in Rheumatology to Dr. Ashima Makol and Mayo Clinic CTSA through grant number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the NIH. Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashima Makol, Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: Makol.ashima@mayo.edu
Kenneth J. Warrington
Divison of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN. This study used the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. This study was also supported by the John M. Nasseff, Sr. Clinician Career Development Award in Rheumatology to Dr. Ashima Makol and Mayo Clinic CTSA through grant number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the NIH. Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashima Makol, Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: Makol.ashima@mayo.edu
Ashima Makol
Divison of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN. This study used the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG034676. This study was also supported by the John M. Nasseff, Sr. Clinician Career Development Award in Rheumatology to Dr. Ashima Makol and Mayo Clinic CTSA through grant number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the NIH. Corresponding Author: Dr. Ashima Makol, Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: Makol.ashima@mayo.edu

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Accepted manuscript
Hospitalization Rates are Highest in the First 5 Years of Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Population-based Cohort (1980-2016)
Caitrin M. Coffey, Avneek S. Sandhu, Cynthia S. Crowson, Sara J. Achenbach, Eric L. Matteson, Thomas G. Osborn, Kenneth J. Warrington, Ashima Makol
The Journal of Rheumatology Nov 2020, jrheum.200737; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.200737
Accepted manuscript
Hospitalization Rates are Highest in the First 5 Years of Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Population-based Cohort (1980-2016)
Caitrin M. Coffey, Avneek S. Sandhu, Cynthia S. Crowson, Sara J. Achenbach, Eric L. Matteson, Thomas G. Osborn, Kenneth J. Warrington, Ashima Makol
The Journal of Rheumatology Nov 2020, jrheum.200737; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.200737