Abstract
Prevalence of Appropriate Testing for Incident Anemia in the US Department of Veterans Affairs
Highlights
Anemia is a common problem that affects more than 5% of US adults, but the evaluation of new-onset (“incident”) anemia is not well standardized.[1]
The initial anemia severity, or alternatively, the change from the prior baseline normal hemoglobin value, was significantly associated with appropriate testing. Those with mild anemia were less likely to undergo additional evaluation
Even with a lower ferritin cutoff value for iron deficiency anemia (IDA) (
Summary
Anemia is a common problem that affects more than 5% of US adults, but the evaluation of new-onset (“incident”) anemia is not well standardized.[1]. Because current practices for evaluation of incident anemia are unknown, we sought to characterize incident anemia evaluation in a national integrated health care system.
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