Economic consideration for reducing hospital presentations among patients with decompensated cirrhosis: not all presentations avoided can be considered equal

摘要

Individuals with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites\udrequiring paracentesis utilize exceptionally high levels of hospital\udresources. Consequently, potential modifications to existing models of\udhealthcare to assist patients in the management of their liver disease and\udreduce the need for hospital encounters have potential to improve patients’\udhealth and reduce demand on acute hospital services. However, there is a\udpaucity of data examining how much healthcare resources could be\udre-directed to interventions that prevent hospitalizations without net annual\udbudgetary disadvantage (from the hospital’s perspective). The purpose of\udthis study was to probabilistically examine how much healthcare\udresourcing could be saved per hospital presentation avoided among this\udclinical population.