Eke R, Dellon ES, et al. - In the United States, the rate of hospitalization for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has increased dramatically, as has the mean cost of EoE-related hospitalisation, which has climbed at a rate tenfold that of inflation between 2010 and 2016.

• The authors studied EoE hospitalizations using ICD-9/10 codes, from 2010-2016 in the National Inpatient Sample, as well as identified the diagnosis-related group codes, current procedural terminology codes, and common symptom codes documented during admission.

• Between 2010 and 2016, an estimated total of 33,467 EoE-related hospitalizations occurred in the United States, accounting for around 13 per 100,000 hospitalizations.

• Between 2010 and 2016, the admission rate for EoE-related admissions grew by around 70% (9.26 to 15.75 per 100,000 hospitalizations), with total yearly and mean inflation-adjusted per-patient expenses of $24 million and $5135 (standard deviation $153), respectively.

• The cost of hospitalization was linked to both patient and hospital characteristics.