Thirty-Day Readmission Among Patients with Alcoholic Acute Pancreatitis.
Pedro Palacios ArguetaMiguel SalazarIshaan VohraJuan E CorralFrank J LukensJohn J VargoPrabhleen ChahalC Roberto Simons-LinaresPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2021)
Readmission rate for AAP is high and its primary cause are recurrent episodes of AAP. Alcohol and substance abuse pose a high burden on our health care system. Public health strategies should be targeted to provide alcohol abuse disorder rehabilitation and cessation resources to alleviate the burden on readmission, the health care system and to improve patient outcomes.