Background: Hospital readmissions are a significant healthcare concern, particularly for patients harboring liver cirrhosis. Optimizing discharge planning and transitional care management for this population requires a detailed understanding of the factors associated with readmission risk, stratified by disease severity. Elixhauser Comorbidity Index v2024.1 guided identification of patients with standardize mild versus moderate-severe cirrhosis plus respective [...]

Background: Addiction medicine services are a critical component of care for patients suffering from opioid use disorder. Previous research has indicated that opioid use disorder patients have higher lengths of stay (LOS) and higher hospital readmission rates than patients admitted for a different medical condition. Even though the presence of a specialized team of addiction [...]