Factors That Predict High Health Care Utilization and Costs forÂ Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5657517	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2017	33 Pages	PDF

Abstract

We identified 5 factors that can effectively identify patients with IBD at high risk for hospitalization, emergency department visits, and high treatment charges in the next year. These patients should be closely monitored and aggressively managed.

Keywords

EMR TNF AUROC IBD ROC ESR emergency department Crohn’s disease Inflammatory bowel disease erythrocyte sedimentation rate tumor necrosis factor area under the receiver operating characteristic curve electronic medical record Management Receiver operating characteristic curve Hemoglobin Hgb C-reactive protein CRP Ulcerative colitis