Trends in US emergency department visits and subsequent hospital admission among patients with inflammatory bowel disease presenting with abdominal pain: a real-world study from a national emergency department sample database. Issue 1 (1st January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ding, Zhijie; Patel, Aarti; Izanec, James; Pericone, Christopher D.; Lin, Jennifer H.; Baugh, Christopher W.
• Is Part Of: Journal of market access & health policy. Volume 9:Issue 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-01-01
• Subjects: Inflammatory bowel disease -- abdominal pain -- emergency department visits -- hospital admissions -- real-world data; Medical policy -- Periodicals; Medical policy -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; International trade -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Health Policy -- economics; Technology Assessment, Biomedical; Marketing of Health Services; International trade -- Environmental aspects; Medical policy; Periodicals; Periodicals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; 362.1
• DOI: 10.1080/20016689.2021.1912924
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2001-6689

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Background/Objective : This study evaluated emergency department (ED) visit trends, subsequent inpatient admissions for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) diagnosis and IBD-related abdominal pain (AP), and hospital-level variation in inpatient admission rates in the USA (US). Methods : This population-based, cross-sectional study included data from Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS, 2006─2013) database. Patients ≥18 years of age with primary ED diagnosis of IBD/IBD-related AP were included. Variables included demographics, insurance information, household income, Quan-Charlson comorbidity score, ED discharge disposition, and length of hospital stay (2006, 2010, and 2013). Variation between hospitals using risk-adjusted admission ratio was estimated. Results : Annual ED visits for IBD/100, 000 US population increased (30 in 2006 vs 42 in 2013, p = 0.09), subsequent admissions remained stable (20 in 2006 vs 23 in 2013, p = 0.52). ED visits for IBD-related AP increased by 71% (7 in 2006 vs 12 in 2013; p = 0.12), subsequent admissions were stable (0.50 in 2006 vs 0.58 in 2013; p = 0.88). Proportion of patients with subsequent hospitalization decreased (IBD: 65.7% to 55.7%; IBD-related AP: 6.9% to 4.9%). Variation in subsequent inpatient admissions was 1.42 (IBD) and 1.96 (IBD-related AP). Conclusions : An increase in annual ED visits was observed for patients with IBD and IBD-related AP; however, subsequent inpatient admission rate remained stable.