Assessment of Acute Hospital Use and Transfers for Management of Pediatric Seizures.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The availability of pediatric hospital care for common conditions is decreasing across the US. The consequences of this decrease on access to care for specific conditions need to be evaluated.

Objective

To evaluate the degree of regionalization of pediatric seizure care in the US by characterizing the activity of hospital systems in 6 diverse states.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cross-sectional study used inpatient and emergency department administrative data sets from all acute care hospitals in Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York from 2014. All patients younger than 18 years who visited a hospital and had a primary diagnosis of seizures were included. Data were analyzed between January and June 2019.<

SUBMITTER: Franca UL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7175083 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature