Cost of Pediatric Pneumonia Episodes With or Without Chest Radiography.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Despite its routine use, it is unclear whether chest radiograph (CXR) is a cost-effective strategy in the workup of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the pediatric emergency department (ED). We sought to assess the costs of CAP episodes with and without CXR among children discharged from the ED.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study within the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State ED and Inpatient Databases of children aged 3 months to 18 years with CAP discharged from any EDs in 8 states from 2014 to 2019. We evaluated total 28-day costs after ED discharge, including the index visit and subsequent care. Mixed-effects linear regression models adjusted for patient-level variables and illness severity were performed to evaluate the

SUBMITTER: Geanacopoulos AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873478 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature