Multicomorbidity of chronic diseases and substance use disorders and their association with hospitalization: Results from electronic health records data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic diseases are prevalent and the leading causes of mortality. Comorbidity of substance use disorders (SUDs) and chronic diseases is understudied to inform behavioral healthcare integration.

Objectives

This study leveraged electronic health record (EHR) data of 211,880 adults from a large health system to examine prevalence and correlates of comorbidity of SUDs and nine chronic disease groups and to determine their association with hospitalization.

Methods

Logistic regression analyses were conducted to estimate associations between chronic diseases and SUDs. To control for severity of diagnosis, analyses of associations between SUD and hospitalization were stratified by the number of chronic conditions.

Results

In the sample, 48.3% had ≥1 chroni

SUBMITTER: Wu LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6358206 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature