Between 2009 and 2015, the prevalence of cirrhosis rose by more than 40% in the United States, with alcoholic cirrhosis accounting for one-third of the burden, researchers have found. The study, from a database of people with private insurance, also found that in the first year after diagnosis, total direct health care costs for patients with alcoholic cirrhosis were nearly double those of patients with nonalcoholic forms of the disease.
“The burden of alcoholic cirrhosis in the United