Temporal trends of cirrhosis associated conditions

Table 1 Number of all discharges, aggregate cost ($), percent of male (%), mean age, age distribution, payer type, bed size

Diagnosis (2005)	HC		SBP		EV		TIPS
All discharges	47268		821		3942		4079
Male (%)	61.4		66.7		67.7		66.5
Age, mean	57.9		54.2		56.6		55.2
Age	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
18-44	4648	9.8	136	16.6	566	14.4	479	11.8
45-64	29350	62.1	471	57.4	2196	55.7	2600	63.7
65-84	12623	26.7	189	23.0	996	25.3	888	21.8
85+	622	1.3	N/A	N/A	122	3.1	N/A	N/A
Payer
Medicare	20002	42.3	338	41.2	1298	32.9	1243	30.5
Medicaid	11819	25.0	181	22.1	639	16.2	870	21.3
Private insurance	10833	22.9	193	23.5	1271	32.2	1555	38.1
Uninsured	2785	5.9	65	7.9	537	13.6	237	5.8
Other	1782	3.8	N/A	N/A	192	4.9	174	4.3
Missing	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bed sizes
Small	4869	10.3	111	13.5	520	13.2	55	1.3
Medium	12046	25.5	167	20.4	1017	25.8	861	21.1
Large	30354	64.2	543	66.1	2405	61.0	3163	77.5

n: Number; N/A: Not available; HC: Hepatic coma; SBP: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; EV: Esophageal varices; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.