Health outcomes and the healthcare and societal cost of optimizing pediatric surgical care in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a movement to ensure that pediatric patients are treated in appropriately resourced hospitals through the ACS Children's Surgery Verification (CSV) program. The objective of this study was to assess the potential difference in care provision, health outcomes and healthcare and societal costs after implementation of the CSV program.

Methods

All 2011 inpatient admissions for selected complex pediatric patients warranting treatment at a hospital with Level I resources were evaluated across 6 states. Multivariate regressions were used to analyze differences in healthcare outcomes (postoperative complications including death, length of stay, readmissions and ED visits within 30 days) and costs by CSV level. Recycled predictions were used to estimate difference

SUBMITTER: Flynn-O'Brien KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511280 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature