Burden of In-Hospital Care of Thrombotic Microangiopathies In the United States
Gupta A, Krishnamurti L. Burden of In-Hospital Care of Thrombotic Microangiopathies In the United States. Blood 2010, 116: 2559. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v116.21.2559.2559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNationwide Inpatient SampleThrombotic microangiopathyHealth care utilizationRelated hospital admissionsHealthcare utilizationHospital dischargeHospital admissionCare utilizationHospital chargesTherapeutic plasmapheresisAge groupsFrequent healthcare encountersIn-Hospital CarePayer inpatient databaseClinical Modification codesAverage hospital chargesBurden of careNational dataFirst national dataStratified probability sampleU.S. community hospitalsTotal hospitalizationsFrequent hospitalizationsInpatient DatabaseMean duration