Obesity Is Independently Associated With Higher Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Nguyen N, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn W, Singh S. Obesity Is Independently Associated With Higher Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2018, 17: 709-718.e7. PMID: 30012429, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-obese patientsInflammatory bowel diseaseNationwide Readmissions Database 2013Cost of hospitalizationBowel diseaseObese patientsAnnual burdenPropensity scoreHospitalization-related costsOutcomes of hospitalizationRepresentative cohort studyHigh-cost patientsCardiopulmonary complicationsIBD patientsAdjunctive therapyCohort studyIBD phenotypePreventable admissionsHigh burdenPatientsHospitalizationObesityAbstractTextObeseInconsistent associationsAnnual 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