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Factors Influencing Variations in Hospitalization for Diabetes with Hypoglycemia
Many studies have explored risk factors associated with Hypoglycemia (HG) and examined the variation in healthcare utilization among HG patients. However, most of these studies failed to integrate a comprehensive list of personal risk factors in their investigations. This empirical study employed th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30340345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7100367 |
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description | Many studies have explored risk factors associated with Hypoglycemia (HG) and examined the variation in healthcare utilization among HG patients. However, most of these studies failed to integrate a comprehensive list of personal risk factors in their investigations. This empirical study employed the Behavioral Model (BM) of health care utilization as a framework to investigate diabetes’ hospitalizations with HG. The national inpatient sample with all non-pregnant adult patients admitted to hospitals’ emergency departments and diagnosed with HG from 2012 to 2014 was used. Personal factors were grouped as predictors of the length of stay and the total charges incurred for hospitalization. High-risk profiles of hospitalized HG patients were identified. The analysis shows the need for care factors are the most influential predictors for lengthy hospitalization. The predisposing factors have a limited influence, while enabling factors influence the variation in hospital total charges. The presence of renal disease and diabetes mellitus (DM) complications played a key role in predicting hospital utilization. Furthermore, age, socio-economic status (SES), and the geographical location of the patients were also found to be vital factors in determining the variability in utilization among HG patients. Findings provide practical applications for targeting the high-risk HG patients for interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-62109192018-11-02 Factors Influencing Variations in Hospitalization for Diabetes with Hypoglycemia Kattan, Waleed Wan, Thomas T. H. J Clin Med Article Many studies have explored risk factors associated with Hypoglycemia (HG) and examined the variation in healthcare utilization among HG patients. However, most of these studies failed to integrate a comprehensive list of personal risk factors in their investigations. This empirical study employed the Behavioral Model (BM) of health care utilization as a framework to investigate diabetes’ hospitalizations with HG. The national inpatient sample with all non-pregnant adult patients admitted to hospitals’ emergency departments and diagnosed with HG from 2012 to 2014 was used. Personal factors were grouped as predictors of the length of stay and the total charges incurred for hospitalization. High-risk profiles of hospitalized HG patients were identified. The analysis shows the need for care factors are the most influential predictors for lengthy hospitalization. The predisposing factors have a limited influence, while enabling factors influence the variation in hospital total charges. The presence of renal disease and diabetes mellitus (DM) complications played a key role in predicting hospital utilization. Furthermore, age, socio-economic status (SES), and the geographical location of the patients were also found to be vital factors in determining the variability in utilization among HG patients. Findings provide practical applications for targeting the high-risk HG patients for interventions. MDPI 2018-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6210919/ /pubmed/30340345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7100367 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kattan, Waleed Wan, Thomas T. H. Factors Influencing Variations in Hospitalization for Diabetes with Hypoglycemia |
title | Factors Influencing Variations in Hospitalization for Diabetes with Hypoglycemia |
title_full | Factors Influencing Variations in Hospitalization for Diabetes with Hypoglycemia |
title_fullStr | Factors Influencing Variations in Hospitalization for Diabetes with Hypoglycemia |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Influencing Variations in Hospitalization for Diabetes with Hypoglycemia |
title_short | Factors Influencing Variations in Hospitalization for Diabetes with Hypoglycemia |
title_sort | factors influencing variations in hospitalization for diabetes with hypoglycemia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30340345 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7100367 |
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