Hurley Medical Center Researchers Provide Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Colitis (A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis of Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Eosinophilic Colitis: A Population-Based Study): Digestive System Diseases and Conditions – Colitis

2025 MAY 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on colitis. According to news originating from Flint, Michigan, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Eosinophilic colitis (EC) is a rare gastrointestinal inflammation of the colon characterized by eosinophilic infiltration into the colonic wall.”

The news editors obtained a quote from the research from Hurley Medical Center: “The study aimed to assess the socioeconomic factors associated with EC. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the 2016-2020 National Inpatient Sample, including adult patients ( 18 years) admitted with EC. Among 4353 EC cases identified, males are more likely to be hospitalized than females (51.8% vs 48.2%, P < .001). Caucasians consisted of 81.7% of total cases, followed by African Americans (8.1%), Hispanics (6.3%), and Asians (1.3%) (P < .001). 50.6% of EC cases had Private/Health Maintenance Organization insurance followed by Medicare (26.5%), Medicaid (15.7%), and 7.2% were uninsured (P < .001). Only 16.5% of patients had a Charlson Comorbidity Index 3.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Caucasians, males, and those with private insurance were more likely to be diagnosed with EC. The correlation between insurance coverage and hospitalizations shows health-care disparities and implies the need for equitable health-care delivery.”

For more information on this research see: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis of Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Eosinophilic Colitis: A Population-Based Study. Gastro Hep Advances, 2025,4(7):100663. The publisher for Gastro Hep Advances is Elsevier.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gastha.2025.100663.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Samjhana Belbase, Department of Internal Medicine, Hurley Medical Center, MSU, Flint, Michigan, United States. Additional authors for this research include Bibek Karki, Michelle Bernshteyn, Ajit Brar, Hussain Murtaza, Nikky Maharjan, Navindra Dhakal, Subash Ghimire, Pujan Kandel, Calvin Ghimire, Philip McDonald, Matthew Lincoln, Michael Georgetson.

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