Medical injuries among hospitalized children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inpatient medical injuries among children are common and result in a longer stay in hospital and increased hospital charges. However, previous studies have used screening criteria that focus on inpatient occurrences only rather than on injuries that also occur in ambulatory or community settings leading to hospital admission.

Objective

To describe the incidence and outcomes of medical injuries among children hospitalized in Wisconsin using the Wisconsin Medical Injury Prevention Program (WMIPP) screening criteria.

Methods

Cross sectional analysis of discharge records of 318,785 children from 134 hospitals in Wisconsin between 2000 and 2002.

Results

The WMIPP criteria identified 3.4% of discharges as having one or more medical injuries: 1.5% due to me

SUBMITTER: Meurer JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2464854 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature