Serious liver-related condition on the rise in the US

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/w-slc100316.php

Public Release: 3-Oct-2016
Serious liver-related condition on the rise in the US
Wiley

A new analysis reveals that cirrhosis and acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF, a deterioration of liver function in patients with cirrhosis that results in the failure of one or more organs) represent a substantial and increasing health and economic burden in the United States.

The number of hospitalizations for cirrhosis nearly doubled from 371,000 in 2001 to 659,000 in 2011. The prevalence of ACLF among those hospitalizations increased from 1.5 percent to 5 percent. The inpatient costs increased twofold for cirrhosis ($4.8 billion to $9.8 billion) and fivefold for ACLF ($320 million to $1.7 billion).

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