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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Research

Economic Burden of Acute Gastroenteritis among Members of Integrated Healthcare Delivery System, United States, 2014–2016

John F. Dickerson, Suzanne B. Salas, Judy Donald, Holly C. GroomComments to Author , Mi H. Lee, Claire P. Mattison, Aron J. Hall, and Mark A. Schmidt
Author affiliations: Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon, USA (J.F. Dickerson, S.B. Salas, J. Donald, H.C. Groom, M.H. Lee, M.A. Schmidt); Cherokee Nation Assurance, Arlington, Virginia, USA (C.P. Mattison); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.P. Mattison, A.J. Hall)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics and underlying conditions among adult medically attended acute gastroenteritis case-patients and age- and gender-matched comparators in an integrated health system in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, April 1, 2014–September 30, 2016*

EHR-derived measures Case-patients, n = 31,865† Comparators, n = 34,265 p value‡
Age, y, mean (+SD)
 51.6 (19.4)
 50.8 (19.4)
 <0.0001
Sex, %
F 63.7 63.6 NA
M
 36.3
 36.4
 NA
Race/ethnicity, %
Hispanic 7.1 6.7 <0.001
Non-Hispanic White 82.4 81.3 <0.001
Non-Hispanic other race 8.9 9.9 <0.001
Unknown
 1.6
 2.1
 <0.001
Comorbidity, %§
Blood disease 4.3 2.9 <0.0001
Cancer 5.0 4.7 0.277
Diabetes 14.4 11.2 <0.0001
Heart disease 18.2 15.0 <0.0001
Immune disease 4.3 3.0 <0.0001
Kidney disease 10.6 8.5 <0.0001
Liver disease 2.1 1.3 <0.0001
Lung disease 13.0 9.7 <0.0001
Metabolic disease 21.7 17.7 <0.0001
Neurologic disease 10.2 7.7 <0.0001

*All participants were Kaiser Permanente Northwest medical members, ≥18 y of age, with ≥1 encounter at the time of the study. EHR, electronic health records; NA, not applicable. †Corresponds to 36,117 episodes; 2,758 MAAGE cases are comparators at some time in the study. ‡Paired t-test or χ2 test. §Percentage with diagnosis codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision or 10th Revision, in the 12 mo before index encounter date.

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