Dramatically changing rates and reasons for hospitalization in multiple sclerosis

RA Marrie, L Elliott, J Marriott, M Cossoy, J Blanchard… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We aimed to describe hospitalizations in the multiple sclerosis (MS) population,
and to evaluate temporal trends in hospitalizations in the MS population compared to the …

Comorbidity increases the risk of hospitalizations in multiple sclerosis

RA Marrie, L Elliott, J Marriott, M Cossoy… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the association between comorbidity and rates of
hospitalization in the multiple sclerosis (MS) population as compared to a matched cohort …

High rates of physician services utilization at least five years before multiple sclerosis diagnosis

RA Marrie, N Yu, Y Wei, L Elliott… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) management has changed over time, but changes in
health care utilization by MS patients remain understudied. We estimated physician services …

Infection-related health care utilization among people with and without multiple sclerosis

JMA Wijnands, E Kingwell, F Zhu… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Little is known about infection risk in multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective: We
examined infection-related health care utilization in people with and without MS. Methods …

Intensive care unit admission in multiple sclerosis: increased incidence and increased mortality

RA Marrie, CN Bernstein, CA Peschken, CA Hitchon… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare the incidence of, and mortality after, intensive care unit (ICU)
admission as well as the characteristics of critical illness in the multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Hospital admissions and MS: temporal trends and patient characteristics.

C Evans, E Kingwell, F Zhu, J Oger, Y Zhao… - The American journal …, 2012 - europepmc.org
Objectives Hospital admissions are important surrogate measures for disease worsening
and increased demand on healthcare resources; few studies have examined …

Vascular disease among hospitalized multiple sclerosis patients

NB Allen, JH Lichtman, HW Cohen, J Fang… - …, 2008 - karger.com
Background: We examined the prevalence of cardiac and cerebrovascular disease among
hospitalized patients with and without multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: This study used the …

Mortality trends for multiple sclerosis patients in Sweden from 1968 to 2012

S Burkill, S Montgomery, MH Hajiebrahimi, J Hillert… - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To assess trends in mortality and causes of death for patients with multiple
sclerosis (MS) relative to those without MS in Sweden. Methods: Patients with an MS …

Multiple sclerosis and risk of infection-related hospitalization and death in US veterans

RE Nelson, Y Xie, SL DuVall, J Butler… - … journal of MS care, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background: This study estimated the risk of infection-related hospitalizations and death in
patients with and without multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: We identified adults with MS in …

Comorbidities are associated with altered health services use in multiple sclerosis: a prospective cohort study

KA McKay, RA Marrie, JD Fisk, SB Patten… - …, 2018 - karger.com
Background: Persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) use health resources with greater
frequency than the general population. However, little is known regarding which patient …