Time trends in mortality and life expectancy in 22,658 patients hospitalized with alcohol-associated cirrhosis: A nationwide cohort study.

Mortality in patients hospitalized with alcohol-associated cirrhosis has improved somewhat when accounting for baseline characteristics, but the loss in life expectancy remains substantial. This underscores the need for new therapeutic options and health policy interventions to further improve the dismal prognosis and life expectancy of patients with alcohol-associated cirrhosis.