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JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH
卷 38, 期 1, 页码 293-302出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12566
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access to care; emergency medical care; pediatric readiness; quality; utilization of health services
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- National Center forAdvancing Translational Sciences [KL2 TR001859, TL1 TR001861, UL1TR001860]
- Health Resources and Services Administration [H3AMC24073]
Emergency departments with high pediatric readiness scores in small rural hospitals may have lower odds of interfacility transfer for noninjured children. Further research is recommended to investigate other pediatric outcomes in relation to hospital emergency department pediatric readiness.
Purpose Pediatric readiness scores may be a useful measure of a hospital's preparedness to care for children. However, there is limited evidence linking these scores with patient outcomes or other metrics, including the need for interfacility transfer. This study aims to determine the association of pediatric readiness scores with the odds of interfacility transfer among a cohort of noninjured children (< 18 years old) presenting to emergency departments (EDs) in small rural hospitals in the state of California. Methods Data from the National Pediatric Readiness Project assessment were linked with the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development's ED and inpatient databases to conduct a cross-sectional study of pediatric interfacility transfers. Hospitals were manually matched between these data sets. Logistic regression was performed with random intercepts for hospital and adjustment for patient-level confounders. Findings A total of 54 hospitals and 135,388 encounters met the inclusion criteria. EDs with a high pediatric readiness score (>70) had lower adjusted odds of transfer (aOR: 0.55, 95% CI: 0.33-0.93) than EDs with a low pediatric readiness score (<= 70). The pediatric readiness section with strongest association with transfer was the policies, procedures, and protocols section; EDs in the highest quartile had lower odds of transfer than EDs in the lowest quartile (aOR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.31-0.91). Conclusions Pediatric patients presenting to EDs at small rural hospitals with high pediatric readiness scores may be less likely to be transferred. Additional studies are recommended to investigate other pediatric outcomes in relation to hospital ED pediatric readiness.
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