The Impact of Incarceration on Readmissions Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hospitalized at a Community Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Individuals who are incarcerated often have limited access to first-line treatment and comprehensive health care. In this study, we aimed to compare the frequency of readmissions among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) receiving care at a community hospital who were and were not incarcerated at the time of hospitalization.

Methods

We analyzed records from Lemuel Shattuck Hospital for all patients admitted between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2019. Patients with IBD were identified using International Classification of Diseases codes. The primary outcome was all-cause readmission at 1 year following an IBD-related admission. Secondary outcomes were (1) all-cause readmission at 30 days, (2) IBD-related readmission at 30 days, and (3) IBD-r

SUBMITTER: Rich KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308048 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature