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Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Diverticulitis represents a significant healthcare burden.
  • Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) recommend reduced antibiotic use, colonoscopies, admissions, and operations.
  • Paradoxically, admissions and elective operations for diverticulitis have increased.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe care settings for diverticulitis patients.
  • To identify treating provider specialties.
  • To characterize treatment patterns for diverticulitis.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective cohort study of 310 patients diagnosed with diverticulitis via CT scan (2019-2020).
  • Data collected on diagnosis setting, primary provider specialty, antibiotic prescription, screening colonoscopy, and surgical referrals.
  • Analysis compared treatment patterns based on disease complexity and care setting.

Main Results:

  • Most diagnoses occurred in outpatient (60%) or emergency department (36.5%) settings.
  • Antibiotics were prescribed in 91% of cases, with higher rates in the emergency department.
  • Surgical referrals were significantly higher for complicated diverticulitis (84.2%) compared to uncomplicated cases (28.6%).

Conclusions:

  • Diverticulitis care is fragmented across multiple specialties and settings.
  • Current care delivery challenges the consistent application of CPGs.
  • A coordinated, system-level approach is needed to ensure high-quality diverticulitis care.