Healthcare consumption in congenital heart disease: A temporal life-course perspective following pediatric cases to adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improvements in diagnosis, intervention, and care of congenital heart disease (CHD) have led to increased survivability and lifelong dependence on healthcare. This study aims to determine the extensiveness of inpatient care episodes across different life-stages and CHD severity compared to matched controls, and to explore how healthcare utilization among pediatric CHD cases have changed over time.

Methodology

National registry data was used to conduct a 1:9 matching analysis with age and sex matched controls. Then, Poisson timeseries analysis was used to conduct trend analysis for inpatient healthcare utilization among pediatric cases <18 years of age.

Results

Most CHD cases were non-complex (87.3%), with highest hospitalization rates occurring in infancy.

SUBMITTER: Pardhan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11657615 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature