Table 1.
Biodemographic characteristics and hospitalization trends for Crohn’s disease emergency 30-day readmission.
| Variable | Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Number of emergency 30-day readmissions | 24 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 23 |
| Age (mean ± SD, years) | 39.7 ± 18.9 | 42.9 ± 15.9 | 46.1 ± 22.0 | 44.6 ± 20.9 | 43.7 ± 21.1 | 48.6 ± 23.2 | 60.4 ± 22.6 |
| Gender (%) | |||||||
| Females | 45.8% | 55.9% | 66.7% | 56.3% | 55.2% | 52.0% | 73.9% |
| Males | 54.2% | 44.1% | 33.3% | 43.8% | 44.8% | 48.0% | 26.1% |
| Mean age females, years | 47.8 | 51.3 | 55.4 | 58.6 | 56.9 | 63.6 | 67.7 |
| Mean age males, years | 32.9 | 32.2 | 27.6 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 32.4 | 39.8 |
| Gender age gap, years | 14.9 | 19.1 | 27.8 | 32.1 | 29.4 | 31.2 | 27.9 |
| Hospital type | |||||||
| City | 8% | 26% | 33% | 38% | 31% | 24% | 26% |
| Regional | 4% | 12% | 15% | 22% | 24% | 40% | 26% |
| University | 88% | 62% | 52% | 41% | 45% | 36% | 48% |
| Hospitalization discharge diagnosis | |||||||
| K | 78.3% | 78.6% | 92.3% | 75.0% | 79.3% | 76.0% | 73.9% |
| A | 4.3% | 14.3% | 3.8% | 9.4% | 0.0% | 8.0% | 8.7% |
| M | 17.4% | 7.1% | 3.8% | 6.3% | 13.8% | 8.0% | 17.4% |
| C | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.4% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 0.0% |
| Average LOS, days | |||||||
| City | 11.0 | 5.4 | 11.0 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 5.4 |
| Regional | 5.0 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 20.8 | 6.0 | 10.8 | 14.7 |
| University | 5.2 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 21.7 | 14.6 | 5.0 | 10.2 |
| Total in-hospital stay related to emergency 30-day readmission, days | 104 | 258 | 196 | 379 | 293 | 174 | 163 |
| Number of surgeries | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Abbreviations: SD—standard deviation, yr—years, LOS—length of stay, A—infectious and parasitic diseases, K—diseases of the digestive system, C—neoplasms, M—diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue.