Rural-Urban Disparities in Hospital Services and Outcomes for Children With Medical Complexity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Limited availability of inpatient pediatric services in rural regions has raised concerns about access, safety, and quality of hospital-based care for children. This may be particularly important for children with medical complexity (CMC).

Objectives

To describe differences in the availability of pediatric services at acute care hospitals where rural- and urban-residing CMC presented for hospitalization; identify rural-urban disparities in health care quality and in-hospital mortality; and determine whether the availability of pediatric services at index hospitals or the experience of interfacility transfer modified rural-urban differences in outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study examined all-payer claims data from Colo

SUBMITTER: Leyenaar JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11423179 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature