Race, Ethnicity, and Intensive Care Utilization for Common Pediatric Diagnoses: U.S. Pediatric Health Information System 2019 Database Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare delivery for acutely ill children are pervasive in the United States; it is unknown whether differential critical care utilization exists.

Design

Retrospective study of the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database.

Setting

Multicenter database of academic children's hospitals in the United States.

Patients

Children discharged from a PHIS hospital in 2019 with one of the top ten medical conditions where PICU utilization was present in greater than or equal to 5% of hospitalizations.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Race and ethnicity categories included Asian, Black, Hispanic, White, and other. Primary outcomes of interest were differences in rate of PICU admission,

SUBMITTER: Slain KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11358360 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature