Trends in Preventable Hospitalization Rates for Children With or Without Observation Stay Data.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Potentially preventable hospitalization rates are widely endorsed quality indicators that have been used to evaluate the impact of policies on access to high-quality primary and ambulatory care for children. Although potentially preventable hospitalization rates have been decreasing, little is known about how these trends are associated with the exclusive reliance on inpatient data, which omit observation status, a common designation for pediatric hospital stays.

Objective

To assess the implications of omitting observation stay data on potentially preventable hospitalization rate calculations over time.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective cross-sectional study, inpatient and observation stays for patients aged 6 to 17 years related to pe

SUBMITTER: Tian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11933988 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature