2021
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Heart Failure Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Fudim M, Zhong L, Patel KV, Khera R, Abdelmalek MF, Diehl AM, McGarrah RW, Molinger J, Moylan CA, Rao VN, Wegermann K, Neeland IJ, Halm EA, Das SR, Pandey A. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Heart Failure Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021654. PMID: 34755544, PMCID: PMC8751938, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.021654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseIncident heart failureReduced ejection fractionFatty liver diseaseHeart failureEjection fractionMedicare beneficiariesHF subtypesLiver diseaseHigh riskBackground Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseBaseline NAFLDAssociation of NAFLDNew-onset heart failureConclusions PatientsCohort studyPrior diagnosisBlack patientsNinth RevisionKidney diseaseOutpatient claimsRisk factorsIndependent associationHigh burdenMedicare patients
2018
Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization for High-Need, High-Cost Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
Nguyen NH, Khera R, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn WJ, Singh S. Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization for High-Need, High-Cost Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2018, 16: 1284-1292.e30. PMID: 29474966, PMCID: PMC6056327, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.02.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional gastrointestinal disordersChronic liver diseaseInflammatory bowel diseaseHigh-cost patientsCost of hospitalizationGastrointestinal hemorrhageLiver diseasePancreatic diseaseChronic gastrointestinalHospitalization costsAnnual burdenNationwide Readmissions Database 2013Medicare/Medicaid insuranceHigher comorbidity burdenInfection-related hospitalizationNationwide database analysisMultivariate logistic regressionDays/monthLarge rural hospitalPopulation health managementLow-income statusCardiopulmonary causesComorbidity burdenIndex hospitalizationHigh-value care