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Activity Number: 81 - Contributed Poster Presentations: Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 3, 2020 : 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Abstract #310956
Title: Length of Stay and Cost of Hospitalizations in Patients with Spina Bifida with and Without Pressure Injuries
Author(s): Yinding Wang* and Lijing Ouyang and Brad E. Dicianno and Patricia Beierwaltes and Rodolfo Valdez and Judy Thibadeau and Julie Bolen
Companies: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and University of Pittsburgh and Minnesota State University - Mankato and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Spina Bifida Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Keywords: Hospital costs; Length of stay; Pressure injury; Rehabilitation; Spina bifida; Birth defect
Abstract:

Skin pressure injuries (SPIs) are preventable complications that may occur among patients with spina bifida (SB). Are SPIs associated with length of stay and cost of hospitalization in these patients? Among 37,312,324 hospitalizations in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2010–2014), we found 21,605 with SB (3,888 reported SPIs and 17,717 did not). For hospitalizations with SB, we used logistic regression to estimate the propensity score for SPIs using demographic and clinical variables and hospital characteristics. Among hospitalizations with SB without reported SPIs, we selected a sample of 3,888 hospitalizations that matched the scores of the sample with SPIs. When compared, hospitalizations with SB and SPIs are, on average, 1.2 days longer and cost $1,182 more (2014 dollars) than hospitalizations with SB without SPIs. In other words, among hospitalized patients with SB, SPIs are independently associated with increases of 10% in the cost of hospitalization and of 24% in the length of stay. Our results show a notable medical and financial burden associated with SPIs and highlight the importance of prevention efforts before or during hospitalizations of patients with SB.


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