Healthcare and economic impact of diarrhea in patients with carcinoid syndrome

Table 4 Adjusted multivariate analyses of annual overall and carcinoid syndrome-related hospitalization and total costs

Non-infectious diarrhea	Adjusted proportion of patients with any hospitalization1	Adjusted proportion of patients with any CS-related hospitalization12	Adjusted total cost1
	% (95%CI)	% (95%CI)	mean (95%CI)
Yes	49.4 (45.1-53.6)	13.8 (11.1-17.1)	$81610 ($75962-$87258)
No	39.7 (37.7-41.7)	7.0 (6.0-8.2)	$51719 ($49007-$54432)

¹Adjusted by age, gender, region, number of chronic conditions and the Charlson Comorbidity Index;

²Claims with primary diagnosis of CS, CS-related syndrome, or carcinoid tumor progression. CS: Carcinoid syndrome.