Hospital admission for digestive diseases: Gastroenterology units offer a more effective and efficient care |
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Authors: | Antonio Balzano Flavia Carle Cristina Tamburini Fabio Monica Giuseppe Milazzo Paolo Spolaore Marco Galadini Fulvio Basili Luigi Ricciardiello Elisabetta Buscarini Gioacchino Leandro |
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Institution: | 1. AIGO, Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists and Endoscopists, Roma, Italy;2. Direzione Generale della programmazione sanitaria, Italian Health Ministry, Roma, Italy;3. Direzione Generale della digitalizzazione, del sistema informativo sanitario e della statistica, Italian Health Ministry, Roma, Italy;4. Department of Gastroenterology, Cattinara Hospital, Trieste, Italy;5. Department of Medicine, Vittorio Emanuele III° Hospital, Salemi, Italy;6. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;7. Department of Gastroenterology, Maggiore Hospital, ASST Ospedale Maggiore, Crema, Italy;8. Department of Gastroenterology, Scientific Institute for Digestive Disease “Saverio de Bellis” Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy |
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Abstract: | BackgroundDigestive diseases imply a substantial burden for health care systems. Effectiveness of specialized gastroenterology care has been demonstrated in a few real life surveys.AimsTo perform an in-depth analysis of Hospital Discharge Records (HDRs) of patients admitted for digestive diseases (DDs) from all Italian regions over the years 2010–2014.MethodsData on National HDRs were provided by the Italian Health Ministry.ResultsDuring the years 2010–2014, a mean of 949,830 patients with DDs were admitted to hospital per year, representing 10.0% of all admissions in Italy. Only 7.4% of patients with DDs were admitted to Gastroenterology units due to the limited number of the specialty-focused beds (3.4/100,000 inhabitants). DDs urgent admissions in Gastroenterology units represented 33% of admissions. The mean length of stay was 8.1?days in Gastroenterology units, as opposed to 8.3 in other units. Mortality rate for DDs altogether, for urgent admissions, and for urgent admissions with bleeding were 2.2%, 1.7%, 2.2% in Gastroenterology units, and 3.1%, 3.9%, 3.5% in other units, respectively. DDs admissions were appropriate in 81.3% in Gastroenterology units as opposed to 66.6% in all other units.ConclusionsGastroenterology units offer a better specific care in terms of length of hospital stay and mortality even for patients admitted for emergent conditions. |
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Keywords: | Bleeding Digestive diseases Hospital discharge record Mortality |
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