Mark D Russell, Jon Massey, Edward Roddy, Brian MacKenna, Seb Bacon, Ben Goldacre, Colm D Andrews, George Hickman, Amir Mehrkar, Arti Mahto, Andrew I Rutherford, Samir Patel, Maryam A Adas, Edward Alveyn, Deepak Nagra, Katie Bechman, Joanna M Ledingham, Joanna Hudson, Sam Norton, Andrew P Cope, James B Galloway
BACKGROUND: Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory arthritis, yet one of the worst managed. Our objective was to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted incidence and quality of care for people with gout in England, UK. METHODS: With the approval of National Health Service England, we did a population-level cohort study using primary care and hospital electronic health record data for 17·9 million adults registered with general practices using TPP health record software, via the OpenSAFELY platform...
October 2023: Lancet Rheumatology