Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, and the prevalence has been increasing. In a 2013 study that analyzed data from several national surveys in the US administered from 2002 to 2008, the number of ambulatory care visits attributable to gout was estimated to be 7 million visits annually, with 2 million attributable to acute attacks. (The rate more than doubled from 2002 to 2008.) The total annual ambulatory care costs associated with gout (visits and medications) were estimated at $933 million (in 2009 dollars). Drug expenditures accounted for 61 percent of the total costs.
This recent summary is part of an American Government initiative from the Effective Health Care Program under the guidance of the guidance of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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