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16-09-2021 | Ulcerative Colitis | Editorial
Impatience with Inpatients: Are Hospitalization Rates Declining for IBD Patients?
Authors:
Anand Kumar, Arun Swaminath
Published in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Issue 6/2022
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Excerpt
The annual costs of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care exceed $14 billion in the United States alone, of which hospitalization-related expenditure accounts for nearly two thirds of the cost [
1]. The rising incidence and prevalence of IBD places an even greater stress on health care systems. Evaluation of current and past IBD hospitalization and readmission trends will help develop policies necessary to address the challenges faced by health systems in providing high-quality and cost-effective care for this patient population. …