Variation and outcomes associated with direct hospital admission among children with pneumonia in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although the majority of children with an unplanned admission to the hospital are admitted through the emergency department (ED), direct admissions constitute a significant proportion of hospital admissions nationally. Despite this, past studies of children have not characterized direct admission practices or outcomes. Pneumonia is the leading cause of pediatric hospitalization in the United States, providing an ideal lens to examine variation and outcomes associated with direct admissions.

Objectives

To describe rates and patterns of direct admission in a large sample of US hospitals and to compare resource utilization and outcomes between children with pneumonia admitted directly to a hospital and those admitted from an ED.

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SUBMITTER: Leyenaar JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4529060 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature