Do predictors of health service use over the palliative care trajectory?
These findings will help case managers, health administrators, and policy decision makers better allocate human resources to palliative patients.
The present study indicates that in patients with alcoholic hepatitis, admission, first week, and first week change in MELD score are significantly independent predictors for in-hospital mortality. MELD score is a more valuable model than CTP or DF score in patients admitted with alcoholic hepatitis.