The impact of race and ethnicity on mortality and healthcare utilization in alcoholic hepatitis: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH) is major source of alcohol-related mortality and health care expenditures in the United States. There is insufficient information regarding the role of race and ethnicity on healthcare utilization and outcomes for patients with AH. We aimed to determine whether there are racial/ethnic differences in resource utilization and inpatient mortality in patients hospitalized with AH.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), years 2008-2011. We calculated demographic, clinical, and healthcare utilization characteristics by race. We then performed logistic regression and generalized linear modeling with gamma distribution (log link), respectively, to determine predictors of inpatient morality and total hospital costs (TH

SUBMITTER: May FP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5057210 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature