Predicting Hospitalization and Corticosteroid Use as a Surrogate for IBD Flares

This work examines data from 20,368 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients with an irritable bowel disease (IBD) diagnosis between 2002 and 2009. Longitudinal labs and associated predictors were used in random forest models to predict hospitalizations and steroid usage as a surrogate for IBD Flares.