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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jun 16, 2024; 16(6): 350-360
Published online Jun 16, 2024. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v16.i6.350
Published online Jun 16, 2024. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v16.i6.350
Table 1 Baseline patient and hospital characteristics of patients admitted with gallstone-related acute cholangitis with same-admission and interval cholecystectomy
| Patient characteristics | AC with same admission CCY | AC with interval CCY | ||||
| Index admission | 30-d readmission | P value | Index admission | 30-d readmission | P value | |
| No. of patients (n) | 18332 | 1019 | 106632 | 12265 | ||
| Male, n (%) | 9704 (52.94) | 534 (52.37) | 0.82 | 54937 (51.52) | 6787 (55.34) | < 0.01 |
| Mean age (yr) | 66.9 | 68.28 | 69.89 | 69.08 | ||
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | ||||
| 0 | 6205 (33.85%) | 268 (26.33%) | 22862 (21.44%) | 1748 (14.25%) | ||
| 1 | 3668 (20.01%) | 124 (12.2%) | 15003 (14.07%) | 1326 (10.81%) | ||
| 2 | 3487 (19.02%) | 165 (16.23%) | 19866 (18.63%) | 2177 (17.75%) | ||
| 3 or more | 4968 (27.10%) | 461 (45.22%) | 48891 (45.85%) | 7013 (57.18%) | ||
| Median income based on Zip codes | 0.89 | 0.03 | ||||
| $1-$38999 | 4498 (24.54%) | 252 (24.75%) | 24078 (22.58%) | 2807 (22.89%) | ||
| $39000-$47999 | 5316 (29%) | 299 (29.38%) | 29782 (27.93%) | 3258 (26.56%) | ||
| $48000-$62999 | 4810 (26.24%) | 277 (27.22%) | 27575 (25.86%) | 3097 (25.25%) | ||
| > $ 63000 | 3703 (20.2%) | 190 (18.64%) | 25186 (23.62%) | 3101 (25.28%) | ||
| Primary payer, n (%) | 0.05 | 0.12 | ||||
| Medicare | 11831 (64.54) | 727 (71.34) | 73704 (69.12) | 8372 (68.26) | ||
| Medicaid | 1727 (9.42) | 88 (8.68) | 9458 (8.87) | 1208 (9.85) | ||
| Private | 4168 (22.74) | 174 (17.03) | 21316 (19.99) | 2452 (19.99) | ||
| Others | 601 (3.28) | 30 (2.94) | 2133 (2) | 231 (1.88) | ||
| Comorbid conditions | ||||||
| Hypertension | 7272 (39.67%) | 461 (45.23%) | < 0.01 | 41640 (39.05%) | 4706 (38.37%) | 0.34 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2576 (14.05%) | 220 (21.62%) | < 0.01 | 15622 (14.65%) | 1859 (15.16%) | 0.36 |
| End stage renal disease | 295 (1.61%) | 38 (3.69%) | < 0.01 | 2346 (2.2%) | 438 (3.57%) | < 0.01 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 3269 (17.83%) | 227 (22.31%) | < 0.01 | 19407 (18.2%) | 2395 (19.53%) | 0.03 |
| Congestive heart failure | 2444 (13.33%) | 284 (27.84%) | < 0.01 | 18095 (16.97%) | 2495 (20.34%) | < 0.01 |
| Nicotine dependence | 4739 (25.85%) | 320 (31.38%) | < 0.01 | 28034 (26.29%) | 3383 (27.58%) | 0.04 |
| Alcohol dependence | 326 (1.78%) | 11 (1.08%) | < 0.01 | 1749 (1.64%) | 156 (1.27%) | 0.04 |
| Hospital characteristics | ||||||
| Hospital teaching status | < 0.01 | 0.10 | ||||
| Non-teaching | 4148 (22.63%) | 288 (28.31%) | 17754 (16.65%) | 2150 (17.53%) | ||
| Teaching | 14181 (77.36%) | 730 (71.68%) | 88867 (83.34%) | 10114 (82.46%) | ||
| Hospital bed size | 0.34 | 0.04 | ||||
| Small | 2656 (14.49%) | 156 (15.37%) | 13286 (12.46%) | 1582 (12.9%) | ||
| Medium | 4823 (26.31%) | 235 (23.04%) | 26072 (24.45%) | 2806 (22.88%) | ||
| Large | 10848 (59.18%) | 628 (61.58%) | 67263 (63.08%) | 7874 (64.2%) | ||
| Hospital location | 0.20 | 0.81 | ||||
| Rural | 2561 (13.97%) | 176 (17.28%) | 11399 (10.69%) | 1325 (10.80%) | ||
| Urban | 15769 (86.02%) | 843 (82.71%) | 95222 (89.30%) | 10939 (89.19%) | ||
- Citation: Sohail A, Shehadah A, Chaudhary A, Naseem K, Iqbal A, Khan A, Singh S. Impact of index admission cholecystectomy vs interval cholecystectomy on readmission rate in acute cholangitis: National Readmission Database survey. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2024; 16(6): 350-360
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v16/i6/350.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v16.i6.350