2022
Hospital Frailty Risk Score and healthcare resource utilization after surgery for metastatic spinal column tumors.
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Pennington Z, Yu J, Goodwin CR, Kolb L, Laurans M, Lo SL, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Hospital Frailty Risk Score and healthcare resource utilization after surgery for metastatic spinal column tumors. Journal Of Neurosurgery Spine 2022, 37: 241-251. PMID: 35148505, DOI: 10.3171/2022.1.spine21987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreLength of staySpinal column tumorsFrailty Risk ScoreNonroutine dischargeHospital admissionHigh frailtyIntermediate frailtyDischarge dispositionSpinal tumorsLower frailtyDiagnostic codesRisk scoreHigher total hospital costsMean LOSNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisICD-10 diagnostic codesImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyHealthcare resource utilizationProportion of patientsTotal hospital costsProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysis
2016
Economic Burden Associated with Hospitalization for Radiation Cystitis: Results from a Statewide Inpatient Database
Kiechle J, Kim S, Yu J, Maurice M, Dong S, Cherullo E, Abouassaly R. Economic Burden Associated with Hospitalization for Radiation Cystitis: Results from a Statewide Inpatient Database. Urology Practice 2016, 3: 437-442. PMID: 37592565, DOI: 10.1016/j.urpr.2015.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRadiation cystitisHealth care costsBlood transfusionCare costsNephrostomy tubeInvasive proceduresMultivariate logistic regression analysisAssociated with increased length of stayMean patient ageHealth care systemGeneralized estimating equation modelsStatewide inpatient databasesAssociated with increased lengthPercentage of patientsEndoscopic urological proceduresBurden of treatmentMedian cost of hospitalizationIn-hospital costsLogistic regression analysisOhio Hospital AssociationCost of hospitalizationLength of stayHospital AssociationCare systemPatient age