BACKGROUND: There were 2 main purposes of this retrospective chart review study. The first was to describe the demographic, social, and financial characteristics of @entity1 with severe odontogenic @entity281 . The second was to assess the relationships among several demographic, social, and treatment variables and length of stay (LOS) in the hospital and hospital bill (charges). METHODS: The authors conducted a retrospective chart review for @entity1 admitted to the hospital and taken to the operating room for treatment of severe odontogenic @entity281 at 3 hospitals in Houston, TX (Ben Taub, Memorial Hermann Hospital, and Lyndon B. Johnson) from January 2010 through January  2015. RESULTS: The authors included data from severe odontogenic @entity281 in 298 @entity1 (55% male; mean age, 38.9 years) in this study. In this population, 45% required admission to the intensive care unit, and the mean LOS was 5.5 days. Most @entity1 (66.6%) were uninsured. The average cost of hospitalization for this @entity1 population was  13,058, and the average hospital bill was  48,351. At multivariable analysis, age (P  = .011), preadmission antibiotic use (P  = .012), @entity6 (P  = .004), and higher odontogenic infection severity score (P  < .001) were associated with increased LOS. Higher odontogenic infection severity score, @entity6 , and an American Society of Anesthesiologists score of 3 or more were associated with an increased charge of hospitalization. CONCLUSIONS: Severe odontogenic @entity281 were associated with substantial morbidity and cost in this largely unsponsored @entity1 population. The authors identified variables associated  with increased LOS and charge of hospitalization. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Clinicians should consider these findings in their decision-making processes and prioritize early treatment of odontogenic @entity281 potentially to decrease the  number of @entity1 admitted to the hospital, LOS, and overall costs of treatment for these @entity281 .

Characteristics, length of stay, and  hospital bills associated with severe odontogenic XXXX in Houston, TX.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infections'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes mellitus']
@entity281 :: (MESH:D007239,Disease) :: ['infections']
