Health Care Expenditures and Utilization for Children With Noncomplex Chronic Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric health care expenditures and use vary by level of complexity and chronic illness. We sought to determine expenditures and use for children with noncomplex chronic diseases (NC-CDs).

Methods

We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of Medicaid enrollees (ages 0-18 years) from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2013, using administrative claims (the Truven MarketScan Medicaid Database). Patients were categorized by chronicity of illness by using 3M Health Information System's Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs) as follows: without chronic diseases (WO-CDs) (CRG 1-2), NC-CDs (CRG 3-5), and complex chronic diseases (C-CDs) (CRG 6-9). Primary outcomes were medical expenditures, including total annualized population expenditure and per-member per-year

SUBMITTER: Hoefgen ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7024918 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature