Patient Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Understanding of population-level outcomes for patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) remains limited. We identified which GBS patients are most likely to experience worse outcomes using the largest and most current GBS cohort in the United States.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study used 2005-2020 fee-for-service Medicare claims to identify individuals newly diagnosed with GBS (N = 16 280). We used three person-level modified Poisson regressions to estimate hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) lengths of stay and GBS episode length as a function of sociodemographic characteristics, comorbid conditions, and year of diagnosis. We also documented hospital-acquired pressure ulcers and deep vein thromboses as quality indicators.

Results

Medi

SUBMITTER: Wright B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12748927 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature