Transitioning from General Pediatric to Adult-Oriented Inpatient Care: National Survey of US Children's Hospitals.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Hospital charges and lengths of stay may be greater when adults with chronic conditions are admitted to children's hospitals. Despite multiple efforts to improve pediatric-adult healthcare transitions, little guidance exists for transitioning inpatient care. OBJECTIVE:This study sought to characterize pediatricadult inpatient care transitions across general pediatric services at US children's hospitals. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:National survey of inpatient general pediatric service leaders at US children's hospitals from January 2016 to July 2016. MEASUREMENTS:Questionnaires assessed institutional characteristics, presence of inpatient transition initiatives (having specific process and/or leader), and 22 inpatient transition activities. Scales of highly correlated activ

SUBMITTER: Coller RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6492557 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature