Health Service Utilization Patterns Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Background Several studies have examined hospitalizations among patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). Few investigated other services or utilization patterns. Our aim was to study service utilization patterns and predictors among patients with ACHD. Methods and Results We identified 11 653 patients with ACHD aged ≥18 years (median, 47 years), through electronic records of 2 large Israeli healthcare providers (2007-2011). The association between patient, disease, and sociogeographic characteristics and healthcare resource utilization were modeled as recurrent events accounting for the competing death risk. Patients with ACHD had high healthcare utilization rates compared with the general population. The highest standardized service utilization ratios (SSRs) were found among p

SUBMITTER: Benderly M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7955316 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature