Trends in the Burden of Chronic Liver Disease Among Hospitalized US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

One factor associated with the rapidly increasing clinical and economic burden of chronic liver disease (CLD) is inpatient health care utilization.

Objective

To understand trends in the hospitalization burden of CLD in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of hospitalized adults in the US used data from the National Inpatient Sample from 2012 to 2016 on adult CLD-related hospitalizations. Data were analyzed from June to October 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Hospitalizations identified using a comprehensive review of CLD-specific International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification and International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. Survey-w

SUBMITTER: Hirode G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7118516 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature