Factors Associated With Inpatient Subspecialty Consultation Patterns Among Pediatric Hospitalists.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Subspecialty consultation is a frequent, consequential practice in the pediatric inpatient setting. Little is known about factors affecting consultation practices.

Objectives

To identify patient, physician, admission, and systems characteristics that are independently associated with subspecialty consultation among pediatric hospitalists at the patient-day level and to describe variation in consultation utilization among pediatric hospitalist physicians.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study of hospitalized children used electronic health record data from October 1, 2015, through December 31, 2020, combined with a cross-sectional physician survey completed between March 3 and April 11, 2021. The study was conducted at a freestand

SUBMITTER: Kern-Goldberger AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10011930 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature