Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Conditions in Children With Medical Complexity.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Children with medical complexity (CMC) may be at a high risk of neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions given disease comorbidities and lived experiences. Little is known about the prevalence of these conditions at a population level. In this study, we estimated the prevalence of neurodevelopmental and mental health diagnoses in CMC relative to children without medical complexity and measured associations between these diagnoses in CMC and subsequent health care utilization and in-hospital mortality.

Methods

We applied the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders Classification System to identify neurodevelopmental and mental health diagnoses using all-payer claims data from three states (2012-2017). Poisson regression was used to compar

SUBMITTER: Leyenaar JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11350095 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature