ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Outcomes Associated With a Mandatory Gastroenterology Consultation to Improve the Quality of Care of Patients Hospitalized With Decompensated Cirrhosis Rony Ghaoui, MD1*, Jennifer Friderici, MS2, David J. Desilets, MD, PhD1, Tara Lagu, MD3,4, Paul Visintainer, PhD2, Angelica Belo, MD5, Jorge Sotelo, MD1, Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc3,4 1

Division of Gastroenterology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts; 2Epidemiology/Biostatistics Research Core, Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University, Springfield, Massachusetts; 3Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts; 4 Division of General Internal Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts; 5Division of Gastroenterology, Good Shepherd Medical Center, Marshall, Texas.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Patients with decompensated cirrhosis (DC) have significant morbidity and resource utilization. In a cohort of patients with DC undergoing usual care (UC) in 2009, we demonstrated that quality indicators (QI) were met

Outcomes associated with a mandatory gastroenterology consultation to improve the quality of care of patients hospitalized with decompensated cirrhosis.

Patients with decompensated cirrhosis (DC) have significant morbidity and resource utilization. In a cohort of patients with DC undergoing usual care ...
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