2020
Frailty Is Independently Associated with Mortality and Readmission in Hospitalized Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Qian A, Nguyen N, Elia J, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn W, Singh S. Frailty Is Independently Associated with Mortality and Readmission in Hospitalized Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2020, 19: 2054-2063.e14. PMID: 32801013, PMCID: PMC7930013, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseCause of hospitalizationHigh riskFrail patientsBowel diseaseSevere inflammatory bowel diseaseNationwide Readmissions DatabaseRisk of readmissionBurden of hospitalizationRisk of complicationsCost of hospitalizationBenefits of treatmentIndependent effectsRepresentative cohort studyIndex admissionMedian followCause readmissionComorbidity indexIndex hospitalizationCohort studyInpatient mortalityOlder patientsFrailty riskHospitalized patientsLongitudinal burden
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