A Real-World Assessment of Outcomes, Health Resource Utilization, and Costs Associated with Cerebral Edema in US Patients with Large Hemispheric Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with large hemispheric infarction (LHI) are at risk of cerebral edema (CED). This study analyzed health resource use, costs, and outcomes during and after acute hospitalization for LHI in US patients with and without CED.

Methods

Using IBM^® MarketScan^® Commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare databases, patients with incident hospitalization for LHI (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis codes of I63.03x, I63.13x, I63.23x, I63.31x, I63.41x, I63.51x) from 31 March 2016 through 31 December 2018 were identified and further categorized by the presence or absence of CED based on related diagnosis codes or a procedure code of craniectomy. Health resource use, costs, and outcomes were compared i

SUBMITTER: Tsao N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8807772 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature