Alcohol Use Disorders Up Death Risk for Inpatients With Infections

Major Finding: Having an AUD was found to be an independent predictor of increased mortality in patients with health care–associated infections (odds ratio 1.71). An AUD diagnosis was also found to be an independent predictor of a 2-day increase in hospital length of stay (the length of stay was 13 days in those with an AUD vs. 11 days in those without), and of higher hospital costs – by about $7,500 (the cost was $34,826 for AUD patients, compared with $27,167 for those without).

Data Source: A retrospective cohort study using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 2007.

Disclosures: The authors had no disclosures.