The Cost of Opioid Use in High-Risk Hospitalized Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospitalizations of high-risk infants are among the most expensive in the United States, with many requiring surgery and months of intensive care. Healthcare costs and resource use associated with hospitalized infant opioid exposure are less well known.

Methods

A retrospective cohort of high-risk infants aged <1 y admitted from 47 children's hospitals from 2010 to 2020 was identified from Pediatric Healthcare Information System. High-risk infants were identified by International Classification of Diseases 9/10 codes for congenital heart disease procedures, medical and surgical necrotizing enterocolitis, extremely low birth weight, very low birth weight, hypoxemic ischemic encephalopathy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and gastrointestinal tract malformatio

SUBMITTER: Keane OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552099 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature