Healthcare Utilization Patterns: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
Dig Dis Sci
; 69(5): 1626-1635, 2024 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Limited information is available about patterns of healthcare utilization for prevalent gastrointestinal conditions and their link to symptom burden.AIM:
To identify patterns of healthcare utilization among outpatients with highly prevalent gastrointestinal conditions and define the link between healthcare utilization, symptom burden, and disease group.METHODS:
We randomly selected patients from the gastroenterology outpatient clinic at Princess Alexandra Hospital who had chronic gastrointestinal conditions such as constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C, n = 101), diarrhea-predominant IBS (IBS-D, n = 101), mixed IBS (n = 103), inflammatory bowel disease with acute flare (n = 113), IBD in remission (n = 103), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (n = 102). All had presented at least 12 months before and had a 12-month follow-up after the index consultation. Healthcare utilization data were obtained from state-wide electronic medical records over a 24-month period. Intensity of gastrointestinal symptoms was measured using the validated Structured Assessment of Gastrointestinal Symptoms (SAGIS) Scale. Latent class analyses (LCA) based on healthcare utilization were used to identify distinct patterns of healthcare utilization among these patients.RESULTS:
LCA revealed four distinct healthcare utilization patterns across all diagnostic groups Group A Emergency department utilizers, Group B Outpatient focused care utilizers, Group C Inpatient care utilizers and Group D Inpatient care and emergency department utilizers. LCA groups with high emergency utilization were characterized by high gastrointestinal symptom burden at index consultation regardless of condition (Mean (standard deviation)) SAGIS score Group A 24.63 (± 14.11), Group B 19.18 (± 15.77), Group C 22.48 (± 17.42), and Group D 17.59 (± 13.74, p < 0.05).CONCLUSION:
Distinct healthcare utilization patterns across highly prevalent gastrointestinal conditions exist. Symptom severity rather than diagnosis, likely reflecting unmet clinical need, defines healthcare utilization.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Refluxo Gastroesofágico
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Síndrome do Intestino Irritável
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dig Dis Sci
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Austrália