Hospitalization costs and risk of mortality in adults with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Analysis of a French national hospital database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has reached high prevalence, paralleling the obesity pandemic. The aggressive form of the disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is characterized by fatty infiltration and inflammation of the liver, can progress to compensated cirrhosis (CC) and end-stage liver disease (ESLD: decompensated cirrhosis [DCC] and hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC]), and may ultimately require liver transplantation (LT). Real-world data on the burden of NAFLD/NASH are limited. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and economic burden of NAFLD/NASH to the French hospital system.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study used data from the French PMSI-MCO database. Adults with NAFLD/NASH diagnosis identified between 2009 and 2015 were categor

SUBMITTER: Boursier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7403878 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature