PDB129 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEALTHCARE RESOURCE USE AND ASSOCIATED COSTS IN PEOPLE WITH HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN ENGLAND

The purpose of this research was to estimate primary and secondary healthcare resource use and associated costs in people with hepatic encephalopathy (HE) using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) linked to Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES). The study used primary care data from the CPRD and linked inpatient data from the HES for England. Linkage-eligible patients with a recorded diagnosis indicative of cirrhosis between...