Epidemiology of pediatric hospitalizations at general hospitals and freestanding children's hospitals in the United States

BACKGROUND Children may be hospitalized at general hospitals or freestanding children's hospitals. Knowledge about how inpatient care differs at these hospitals is important to inform national research and quality efforts. OBJECTIVE To describe the volume and characteristics of pediatric hospit...

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Published in:Journal of hospital medicine 2016-11, Vol.11 (11), p.743-749
Main Authors: Leyenaar, JoAnna K., Ralston, Shawn L., Shieh, Meng‐Shiou, Pekow, Penelope S., Mangione‐Smith, Rita, Lindenauer, Peter K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Critical Illness - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Factual - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health Resources
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, General - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Pediatric - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Male
Retrospective Studies
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:BACKGROUND Children may be hospitalized at general hospitals or freestanding children's hospitals. Knowledge about how inpatient care differs at these hospitals is important to inform national research and quality efforts. OBJECTIVE To describe the volume and characteristics of pediatric hospitalizations at acute care general and freestanding children's hospitals in the United States. DESIGN, PATIENTS, AND SETTING Cross‐sectional study of hospitalizations in the United States among children
ISSN:1553-5592
1553-5606
DOI:10.1002/jhm.2624