Chronic Pancreatitis Patients Who Leave Against Medical Advice: Prevalence, Trend, and Predictors.
Chronic pancreatitis
Leaving against medical advice
Predictors
Prevalence
Trend
Journal
Digestive diseases and sciences
ISSN: 1573-2568
Titre abrégé: Dig Dis Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7902782
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2021
02 2021
Historique:
received:
23
04
2019
accepted:
16
04
2020
pubmed:
4
5
2020
medline:
29
4
2021
entrez:
4
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Leaving against medical advice (LAMA) is an unfortunate occurrence in 1-2% of all hospitalized patients and is associated with worse outcomes. While this has been investigated across multiple clinical conditions, studies on patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) are lacking. We aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of this event among patients with CP. The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2007-2014, was used in the study. Patients with LAMA were identified, and the temporal trend of LAMA was estimated and compared among patients with and without CP. We then extracted patients with a discharge diagnosis of CP from the recent years of HCUP-NIS (2012-2014) and described the characteristics of LAMA in these patients. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to evaluate predictors of LAMA. 3.39% of patients with CP discharged against medical advice. LAMA rate in CP patients was higher and increased more steeply at quadruple the rate of those without. More likely to self-discharge were patients who were young, males, non-privately insured, or engaged in alcohol and substance abuse, likewise were those with psychosis and those admitted on a weekend or non-electively. The northeast and for-profit hospitals also had higher odds of LAMA. However, patients transferred from other healthcare facilities have reduced LAMA odds. Among all patients with CP, those with LAMA had shorter length of stay (2.74 [2.62-2.85] days vs. 5.78 [5.71-5.83] days) and lower hospitalization cost $23,271 [$22,171-$24,370] versus $45,472 [$44,381-$46,562] compared to the no-LAMA group. LAMA occurs in approximately 1 in 29 patients with CP and is increasing at almost quadruple the rate of those without. Clinicians need to pay closer attention to the identified at-risk groups for ameliorative targeted interventions.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Leaving against medical advice (LAMA) is an unfortunate occurrence in 1-2% of all hospitalized patients and is associated with worse outcomes. While this has been investigated across multiple clinical conditions, studies on patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) are lacking. We aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of this event among patients with CP.
METHODS
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2007-2014, was used in the study. Patients with LAMA were identified, and the temporal trend of LAMA was estimated and compared among patients with and without CP. We then extracted patients with a discharge diagnosis of CP from the recent years of HCUP-NIS (2012-2014) and described the characteristics of LAMA in these patients. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to evaluate predictors of LAMA.
RESULTS
3.39% of patients with CP discharged against medical advice. LAMA rate in CP patients was higher and increased more steeply at quadruple the rate of those without. More likely to self-discharge were patients who were young, males, non-privately insured, or engaged in alcohol and substance abuse, likewise were those with psychosis and those admitted on a weekend or non-electively. The northeast and for-profit hospitals also had higher odds of LAMA. However, patients transferred from other healthcare facilities have reduced LAMA odds. Among all patients with CP, those with LAMA had shorter length of stay (2.74 [2.62-2.85] days vs. 5.78 [5.71-5.83] days) and lower hospitalization cost $23,271 [$22,171-$24,370] versus $45,472 [$44,381-$46,562] compared to the no-LAMA group.
CONCLUSION
LAMA occurs in approximately 1 in 29 patients with CP and is increasing at almost quadruple the rate of those without. Clinicians need to pay closer attention to the identified at-risk groups for ameliorative targeted interventions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32361924
doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06279-2
pii: 10.1007/s10620-020-06279-2
doi:
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Langues
eng
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