Substance abuse and inpatient outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease hospitalizations in the United States: a propensity matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic intestinal inflammation resulting in a genetically susceptible population. The present study aimed to look at the effect of substance abuse on IBD hospitalizations in the United States.

Methods

We identified primary IBD hospitalizations with substance abuse using the National Inpatient Sample database (2016-2019). A matched comparison cohort of IBD hospitalizations without substance abuse was identified by 1:N propensity score matching using the nearest-neighbor method, based on demographics, hospital-level factors, and comorbidities.

Results

We matched 4437 IBD hospitalizations with a diagnosis of substance abuse to 4528 hospitalizations without abuse. The median age was higher in the substance abuse group than

SUBMITTER: Patel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756027 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature