Low-Value Clinical Practices in Pediatric Trauma Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Reducing low-value care has the potential to improve patient experiences and outcomes and decrease the unnecessary use of health care resources. Research suggests that low-value practices (ie, the potential for harm exceeds the potential for benefit) in adult trauma care are frequent and subject to interhospital variation; evidence on low-value practices in pediatric trauma care is lacking.

Objective

To estimate the incidence of low-value practices in pediatric trauma care and evaluate interhospital practice variation.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective multicenter cohort study in a Canadian provincial trauma system was conducted. Children younger than 16 years admitted to any of the 59 provincial trauma centers from April 1, 2016, to March 3

SUBMITTER: Deshommes T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11522939 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature