State and National Estimates of the Cost of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Lives Saved.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

High emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness is associated with improved survival among children receiving emergency care, but state and national costs to reach high ED readiness and the resulting number of lives that may be saved are unknown.

Objective

To estimate the state and national annual costs of raising all EDs to high pediatric readiness and the resulting number of pediatric lives that may be saved each year.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from EDs in 50 US states and the District of Columbia from 2012 through 2022. Eligible children were ages 0 to 17 years receiving emergency services in US EDs and requiring admission, transfer to another hospital for admission, or dying in the ED (collectively termed at-risk c

SUBMITTER: Newgard CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11530936 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature