categorized admissions into decompensated cirrhosis (DC), compensated cirrhosis (CC),
and NIS without cirrhosis. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis were used to
analyze the association between patient characteristics, comorbidities, complications, and
procedures with costs, LOS, and mortality in each group. RESULTS: The hospitalization
costs for patients with cirrhosis increased 30.2% from 2008 to 2014 to $7.37 billion. Cirrhosis …