Defining Levels of US Hospitals' Pediatric Capabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Classifying hospitals across a wide range of pediatric capabilities, including medical, surgical, and specialty services, would improve understanding of access and outcomes.

Objective

To develop a classification system for hospitals' pediatric capabilities.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included data from 2019 on all acute care hospitals with emergency departments in 10 US states that treated at least 1 child per day. Statistical analysis was performed from September 2023 to February 2024.

Exposure

Pediatric hospital capability level, defined using latent class analysis. The latent class model parameters were the presence or absence of 26 functional capabilities, which ranged from performing laceration repairs to perfor

SUBMITTER: Michelson KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11250363 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature