Epidemiology of pediatric hospitalizations at general hospitals and freestanding children's hospitals in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children may be hospitalized at general hospitals or freestanding children's hospitals. Knowledge about how inpatient care differs at these hospitals is important to inform national research and quality efforts.

Objective

To describe the volume and characteristics of pediatric hospitalizations at acute care general and freestanding children's hospitals in the United States.

Design, patients, and setting

Cross-sectional study of hospitalizations in the United States among children <18 years, excluding in-hospital births, using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's 2012 Kids' Inpatient Database.

Measurement

We examined differences between hospitalizations at general and freestanding children's hospitals, applying weights to generate national es

SUBMITTER: Leyenaar JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5467435 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature