住院病例和死因:来自美国2个国家数据集的趋势

Ali A Habib1, Naomi Sacks1, Christina Cool1

  • 1From the University of California (A.A.H.), Irvine; Precision Health Economics and Outcomes Research (N.S., C.C., S. Durgapal, S. Dennen, K.E., J.H.), New York, NY; Argenx (T.H., G.P.), Ghent, Belgium.

Neurology
|January 2, 2024
PubMed
概括

肌痛性骨髓灰质炎 (MG) 的住院病例正在增加,特别是在老年人中,这表明疾病负担越来越大. 虽然死亡率和再入院率保持稳定,但入院人数的增加意味着更多的患者受到MG的影响.

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