HEPACONTROL. A program that reduces early readmissions, mortality at 60 days, and healthcare costs in decompensated cirrhosis.
Dig Liver Dis
; 50(1): 76-83, 2018 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND & AIMS:
Decompensated cirrhosis patients have an elevated incidence of early readmission, mortality and economic burden. The aims of HEPACONTROL were to reduce early readmission and to evaluate its impact on mortality and emergency department visits. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Quasi-experimental study with control group which compared two cohorts of patients discharged after being admitted for cirrhosis-related complications. A prospective cohort (n=80), who followed the HEPACONTROL program, which began with a follow-up examination seven days after discharge at the Hepatology Unit Day Hospital and a retrospective cohort of patients (n=112), who had been given a standard follow-up. Outcome variables that were compared between both groups were early readmission rates, the number of emergency department visits post-discharge, financial costs and mortality.RESULTS:
The rate of early readmission was lower in the group with HEPACONTROL (11.3% vs 29.5%; P=.003). Also, the mean number of visits to the emergency department post-discharge (1.10±1.64 vs 1.71±2.36; P=.035), mortality at 60days (3.8% vs 14.3%; P=.016), and the cost of early readmission were all lower compared with the group with standard follow-up (P=.029).CONCLUSIONS:
HEPACONTROL decreases the incidence of early readmission the rate of emergency department visits and mortality at 60days in patients with decompensated cirrhosis, and it is cost-effective.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Readmissão do Paciente
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Custos de Cuidados de Saúde
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Cirrose Hepática
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Monitorização Fisiológica
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dig Liver Dis
Assunto da revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article