Trends and Factors Affecting Hospitalization Costs in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Two-Center Study over the Past Decade
Figure 1
Growing population of IBD patients and hospitalizations. (a) Number of newly diagnosed patients with IBD per year. CD patients increased more significantly (, ); (b) number of hospitalizations per year, number of hospitalizations increased more significantly in CD patients (, ); (c) proportion of each subtype of IBD changed from 2003 to 2011. Population data of IBD patients and hospitalizations were collected from Renji hospital between Jan, 2003 and Dec, 2011 and from Ruijin hospital between Jan, 2010 and Dec, 2011. Proportion data of IBD patients were collected from Renji hospital between Jan, 2003 and May, 2012 and Ruijin hospital from Aug, 2009 and Jun, 2012. (d) The trend of length of stay.
