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PEDIATRICS
卷 126, 期 4, 页码 647-655出版社
AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3266
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child health services; health care delivery/access; health services research; hospitalization; children with special needs
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资金
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC)
- Children's Health Research Center (CHRC)
- University of Utah
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
- [K23HD058092]
OBJECTIVES: Hospitalized children are perceived to be increasingly medically complex, but no such trend has been documented. The objective of this study was to determine whether the proportion of pediatric inpatient use that is attributable to patients with a diagnosis of one or more complex chronic condition (CCC) has increased over time and to assess the degree to which CCC hospitalizations are associated with attributes that are consistent with heightened medical complexity. METHODS: A retrospective observational study that used the 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2006 Kids Inpatient Databases examined US hospitalizations for children. Attributes of medical complexity included hospital admissions, length of stay, total charges, technology-assistance procedures, and mortality risk. RESULTS: The proportion of inpatient pediatric admissions, days, and charges increased from 1997 to 2006 for any CCC and for every CCC group except hematology. CCCs accounted for 8.9% of US pediatric admissions in 1997 and 10.1% of admissions in 2006. These admissions used 22.7% to 26.1% of pediatric hospital days, used 37.1% to 40.6% of pediatric hospital charges, accounted for 41.9% to 43.2% of deaths, and (for 2006) used 73% to 92% of different forms of technology-assistance procedures. As the number of CCCs for a given admission increased, all markers of use increased. CONCLUSIONS: CCC-associated hospitalizations compose an increasing proportion of inpatient care and resource use. Future research should seek to improve methods to identify the population of medically complex children, monitor their increasing inpatient use, and assess whether current systems of care are meeting their needs. Pediatrics 2010;126:647-655
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