Table 2.
Biodemographic characteristics and hospitalization trends for ulcerative colitis emergency 30-day readmission.
| Variable | Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Number of emergency 30-day readmissions | 54 | 52 | 79 | 72 | 102 | 93 | 63 |
| Age (mean ± SD, years) | 61.0 ± 18.9 | 57.2 ± 19.3 | 53.5 ± 20.5 | 56.7 ± 19.5 | 55.8 ± 19.6 | 59.6 ± 15.5 | 62.0 ± 16.9 |
| Gender (%) | |||||||
| Females | 77.8% | 63.5% | 67.1% | 45.8% | 47.1% | 54.8% | 57.1% |
| Males | 22.2% | 36.5% | 32.9% | 54.2% | 52.9% | 45.2% | 42.9% |
| Mean age females, years | 62.0 | 61.1 | 56.8 | 51.8 | 59.3 | 62.6 | 67.1 |
| Mean age males, years | 57.6 | 50.5 | 46.8 | 60.9 | 52.7 | 55.8 | 55.1 |
| Gender age gap, years | 4.4 | 10.6 | 10 | −9.1 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 12 |
| Hospital type | |||||||
| City | 29.6% | 36.5% | 25.3% | 37.5% | 37.3% | 45.2% | 54.0% |
| Regional | 25.9% | 15.4% | 22.8% | 23.6% | 22.5% | 14.0% | 14.3% |
| University | 44.4% | 48.1% | 51.9% | 38.9% | 40.2% | 40.9% | 31.7% |
| Hospitalization discharge diagnosis | |||||||
| K | 60.4% | 54.9% | 61.5% | 59.7% | 60.8% | 59.3% | 59.0% |
| A | 9.4% | 11.8% | 5.1% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| M | 26.4% | 23.5% | 25.6% | 27.8% | 26.5% | 26.4% | 29.5% |
| C | 3.8% | 9.8% | 7.7% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4.9% |
| Average LOS, days | |||||||
| City | 9.1 | 9.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 8.5 |
| Regional | 7.8 | 5.8 | 9.0 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.3 |
| University | 8.5 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 9.3 |
| Total in-hospital stay related to emergency 30-day readmission, days | 336 | 345 | 639 | 456 | 709 | 522 | 362 |
| Number of surgeries | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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.