OBJECTIVE: To investigate if adults who are hospitalised for a @entity130 have increased long-term hospital use for @entity85 . DESIGN: A population-based retrospective cohort study using linked administrative health data from the Western Australian Data Linkage System. SUBJECTS: Records of 17   753 @entity1 aged at least 20   years when hospitalised for a first @entity130 in Western Australia during the period 1980-2012, and 70   758 @entity1 who were age and gender-frequency matched with no injury admissions randomly selected from Western Australia's electoral roll. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Admission rates and cumulative length of stay for @entity85 . Negative binomial and Cox proportional hazards regression modelling were used to generate incidence rate ratios (IRR) and HRs with 95% CIs, respectively. RESULTS: After adjustment for pre-existing health status and demographic characteristics, the burn cohort had almost twice the hospitalisation rate for a @entity85 (IRR, 95% CI 1.98, 1.86 to 2.10), and spent 3.70 times as long in hospital with a musculoskeletal diagnosis (95% CI 3.10 to 4.42) over the 33-year period, than the uninjured comparison cohort. Adjusted survival analyses of incident @entity85 admissions found significant increases for the 15-year post burn discharge period (0-6   months: HR, 95% CI 2.51, 2.04 to 3.11; 6   months-2   years: HR, 95% CI 1.77, 1.53 to 2.05; 2-15   years: HR, 95% CI 1.32, 1.23 to 1.42). Incident admission rates were significantly elevated for 20   years post-burn for minor and severe @entity130 for a range of @entity85 that included @entity2720 , dorsopathies, @entity8650 . CONCLUSIONS: Minor and severe @entity130 were associated with significantly increased post-burn incident admission rates, long-term hospital use and prolonged length of stay for a range of @entity85 . Further research is required that facilitates identification of at-risk @entity1 and appropriate treatment pathways, to reduce the long-term morbidity associated with burns.

Long-term musculoskeletal morbidity after adult XXXX : a population-based cohort study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'persons'] @entity8650 :: ('MESH:D012983', 'Disease') :: ['osteopathies and soft tissue disorders'] @entity2720 :: ('MESH:D007592', 'Disease') :: ['arthropathies'] @entity85 :: ('MESH:D009140', 'Disease') :: ['musculoskeletal diseases', 'musculoskeletal condition', 'post-burn musculoskeletal disease'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['burn injuries', 'burn injury']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['burn injury']
