Factors That Predict High Health Care Utilization and Costs for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

A subset of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have continuously active inflammation, leading to a high number of complications and high direct health care costs (diagnostic tests, medications, and surgeries) and indirect costs (reduced employment and productivity and fewer opportunities for activities). Identifying these high-risk patients and providing effective interventions could produce better outcomes and reduce costs. We used prior year data to create IBD risk models to predict IBD-related hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and high treatment charges (>$30,000/year) in the subsequent year.

Methods

We performed a retrospective study of medical records from all patients with IBD treated at the University of Michigan Hospital fr

SUBMITTER: Limsrivilai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5503504 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature