Adrenal Insufficiency: Investigating Prevalence and Healthcare Utilization Using Administrative Data.
Sarpreet S SekhonKatelynn CrickTyler W MyroniukKevin S C HammingMahua GhoshDenise Campbell-SchererRoseanne O YeungPublished in: Journal of the Endocrine Society (2021)
The prevalence of AI in Alberta is higher than published data in other locations. The frequency of visits suggests a significant healthcare burden and emphasizes the need for a strong understanding of this condition across all clinical settings. Our most concerning finding is that 94.3% of visits were not labeled with AI, even though many of the top presenting complaints were consistent with adrenal crisis. Several data limitations were discovered that suggest improvements in the standardization of data submission and coding can expand the yield of future studies using this method.