Characteristics and patient pathways of Lyme disease patients: a retrospective analysis of hospital episode data in England and Wales (1998-2015)

Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease of increasing global importance. There is scant information on Lyme disease patient demographics in England and Wales, and how they interact with the National Health Service (NHS). Our aims were to explore the demographic characteristics of Lyme disease patients...

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Published in:BMC public health 2019-08, Vol.19 (1), p.931-931, Article 931
Main Authors: Tulloch, John S P, Decraene, Valerie, Christley, Rob M, Radford, Alan D, Warner, Jenny C, Vivancos, Roberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Care and treatment
Care pathway
Child
Child, Preschool
Databases, Factual
Demographic aspects
England - epidemiology
Female
Health education
Hospital admission and discharge
Hospital care
Hospital episodes
Hospital patients
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Lyme disease
Lyme Disease - epidemiology
Lyme Disease - therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Public health
Retrospective Studies
Secondary care
Socialized medicine
Statistics
Target marketing
Tick-borne diseases
Wales - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease of increasing global importance. There is scant information on Lyme disease patient demographics in England and Wales, and how they interact with the National Health Service (NHS). Our aims were to explore the demographic characteristics of Lyme disease patients within the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Patient Episode Database for Wales (PEDW), and to describe patient pathways. Data from 1st January 1998 to 31st December 2015 was retrieved from the two administrative hospital datasets (HES and PEDW), based on patients coded with Lyme disease. Information was collected on demographic characteristics, home address and case management. Incidence rates were calculated, and demographics compared to the national population. Within HES and PEDW, 2361 patients were coded with Lyme disease. There was a significant increase (p 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-019-7245-8