Table 3.
Readmission rates and healthcare burden for 30-day emergency readmissions of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
| Variable | Year | p Trend 2014–2019 | p Trend 2014–2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||
| Crohn’s disease | |||||||||
| Number of admissions | 209 | 256 | 253 | 261 | 276 | 267 | 177 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Number of CD-specific admissions | 98 | 104 | 118 | 114 | 115 | 134 | 63 | 0.013 | >0.05 |
| CD-specific hospitalization rate per 100,000 person | 10.4 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 9.3 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Number of emergency admissions | 142 | 143 | 139 | 145 | 131 | 133 | 109 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Number of 30-day readmissions | 46 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 83 | 61 | 34 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Number of emergency 30-day readmissions | 24 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 23 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| All-cause 30 day readmission rate, % | 11.5% | 13.3% | 10.7% | 12.3% | 10.5% | 9.4% | 13.0% | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Mean length of stay, days | 5.5 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 9.6 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Ulcerative colitis | |||||||||
| Number of admissions | 665 | 734 | 823 | 843 | 851 | 829 | 670 | >0.05 |
p = 0.044 (2014–2018) p > 0.05 (2018–2020) |
| Number of UC-specific admissions | 179 | 196 | 245 | 238 | 221 | 223 | 133 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| UC-specific hospitalization rate per 100,000 person | 33.2 | 37.0 | 41.8 | 43.2 | 44.0 | 43.2 | 35.1 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Number of emergency admissions | 434 | 446 | 493 | 510 | 508 | 470 | 395 | >0.05 |
p = 0.044 (2014–2018) p > 0.05 (2018–2020) |
| Number of emergency 30-day readmissions | 54 | 52 | 79 | 72 | 102 | 93 | 63 | 0.018 | >0.05 |
| All-cause 30day readmission rate, % | 14.3% | 12.9% | 17.3% | 16.4% | 18.3% | 16.2% | 13.0% | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| IBD-specific emergency 30-day readmission | 7 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 11 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| IBD-specific 30-day readmission proportion, % | 24.2% | 26.3% | 32.4% | 34.8% | 19.2% | 21.6% | 14.9% | >0.05 | >0.05 |
| Mean length of stay, days | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | >0.05 | >0.05 |
Abbreviations: CD—Crohn’s disease, UC—ulcerative colitis, IBD—inflammatory bowel disease. Bold p values are shown as significant.