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Profiling Pediatric Potentially Avoidable Transfers Using Procedure and Diagnosis Codes

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PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE
卷 37, 期 11, 页码 E750-E756

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001777

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health care transitions; hospitalization; patient transfer

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  1. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes ofHealth (NIH) [grantUL1TR001860, KL2TR001859]

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The study found that early discharges and potentially avoidable transfers (PATs) are relatively common among transferred pediatric patients. Further research is needed to identify the causes and clinical impacts of PATs, with a focus on direct admissions due to the high frequency of PATs in both the pediatric ICU and non-ICU.
Objectives While hospital-hospital transfers of pediatric patients are often necessary, some pediatric transfers are potentially avoidable. Pediatric potentially avoidable transfers (PATs) represent a process with high costs and safety risks but few, if any, benefits. To better understand this issue, we described pediatric interfacility transfers with early discharges. Methods We conducted a descriptive study using electronic medical record data at a single-center over a 12-month period to examine characteristics of pediatric patients with a transfer admission source and early discharge. Among patients with early discharges, we performed descriptive statistics for PATs defined as patient transfers with a discharge home within 24 hours without receiving any specialized procedures or diagnoses. Results Of the 2,415 pediatric transfers, 31.4% were discharged home within 24 hours. Among transferred patients with early discharges, 356 patients (14.7% of total patient transfers) received no specialized procedures or diagnoses. Direct admissions were categorized as PATs 1.9-fold more frequently than transfers arriving to the emergency department. Among transferred direct admissions, PAT proportions to the neonatal intensive care unit (ICU), pediatric ICU, and non-ICU were 5.1%, 17.3%, and 27.3%, respectively. Respiratory infections, asthma, and ill-defined conditions (eg, fever, nausea with vomiting) were the most common PAT diagnoses. Conclusions Early discharges and PATs are relatively common among transferred pediatric patients. Further studies are needed to identify the etiologies and clinical impacts of PATs, with a focus on direct admissions given the high frequency of PATs among direct admissions to both the pediatric ICU and non-ICU.

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