Yang T.-J.Lai T.-I.Cheng W.-C.Su S.Kuo R.-J.HSIU-PO WANGWAN-CHING LIEN2021-01-152021-01-1520140929-6441https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84904756235&doi=10.1016%2fj.jmu.2014.05.006&partnerID=40&md5=c55296902f23a0999d19dddcef9f7e9ahttps://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/540994Objective: This study aims to determine whether clinical findings and abdominal ultrasound could be used simultaneously to predict medical resource utilization in patients of acute hepatitis. Materials and methods: A retrospective study with chart review was conducted from January 2003 to June 2007 on all patients admitted to the Emergency Department of the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan with a diagnosis of acute hepatitis. Patients with liver cirrhosis were excluded. Medical resource utilization is defined as the length of hospital stay and the total medical fee. Analysis of variance, Chi-square test, and t test were adopted in the data analysis. Results: A total of 117 patients met the inclusion criteria. The Child-Pugh score and mild ascites have positive impacts significant differences of medical on both the length of hospital stay and the total hospital charges. Our results showed a high correlation between the length of hospital stay and medical costs (r = 0.762). Conclusion: The Child-Pugh score and sonographic findings can be used to predict medical resource utilization in patients with acute hepatitis in the emergency department. ? 2014.[SDGs]SDG3[SDGs]SDG8acute hepatitis; adult; article; ascites; Child Pugh score; controlled study; disease severity; echography; economic evaluation; female; health care cost; health care utilization; hospital charge; hospitalization; human; length of stay; liver cirrhosis; major clinical study; male; medical record review; middle aged; prediction; Taiwan; young adultjournal article10.1016/j.jmu.2014.05.0062-s2.0-84904756235