Epidemiology of inpatient gout in Australia and New Zealand: temporal trends, comorbidities and gout flare site

Aim To assess the epidemiology of inpatient gout in Australia and New Zealand during the years 2009–2014. Methods Using the Health Roundtable Limited (HRT) dataset, all patients with a coded ICD10 primary or secondary discharge diagnosis of gout from a HRT participating Australian or New Zealand hospital between the years 2009 and 2014 were identified. The number of inpatient gout admissions, length of stay, body site of gout flare, temporal...