Meeting
Abstract Number: 315
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Cirrhosis is the permanent fibrosis of the liver and carries a prevalence of 600,000 cases per year. Hospitalizations due to cirrhosis have doubled from 2001 to 2011 with an average hospitalization cost of $15,000. Hospital readmissions for cirrhosis are frequent and have been noted to be up to 3 readmissions per year. Given the […]