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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Sep 9;40(6):501–511. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.07.001

Table 3.

Gout-related health care resource utilization

Health Practitioner % Utilizing Past Year Number Utilizing/Total Respondents Mean # Visits per year (SD)*
Primary Care Physician 60.4 172/285 3.0 (3.4)
Nurse/Physician Assistant 26.0 65/250 2.7 (2.5)
Rheumatologist 50.7 145/286 3.7 (5.7)
Walk-in/Urgent Care 23.3 59/253 2.1 (2.2)
Emergency Room 20.3 53/261 2.0 (1.7)
Overnight Hospitalizations 7.2 18/249 2.1 (1.4)
Other 15.1 26/172 4.5 (4.7)
Any Utilization 78.4 232/296 6.9 (9.8)
*

Calculated for patients using particular resource for gout at least once in past year. SD, standard deviation