CHICAGO—Projections based on national data showing rates of emergency department visits for eosinophilic esophagitis tripling over a recent 10-year period indicate an urgent need for public health planning to handle the current and growing caseload.
Based on the rate of growth, an additional doubling of ED visits for EoE is anticipated, according to Christopher Ma, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine and community health sciences at the University of Calgary, in Alberta. He said