Reasons for Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Patients with Essential Tremor
Prior studies have shown increased healthcare use among essential tremor (ET) patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reasons for healthcare use among ET patients compared to matched control patients. Surgical treatment of tremor was found to be a key driver of healthcare use among ET patients.
Authors
- Ritesh Karsalia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6002-3296)
- Whitley W. Aamodt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8130-2809)
- Neil R. Malhotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-6423)
- Liming Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-5245)
- Susanna Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8877)
- Dominick Macaluso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3924-6687)
- Jesse Y. Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-6534)
- E Fernández Gabriel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1063-9930)
- Iahn Cajigas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5808-453X)
- John T. Farrar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-5157)
Institutions
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.934
- Primary Topic
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Pennsylvania