Hospitalization Outcomes for Rural Children with Mental Health Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify where rural children with mental health conditions are hospitalized and to determine differences in outcomes based on location of hospitalization.

Study design

This is a retrospective cohort analysis of US rural children aged 0-18 years with a mental health hospitalization between January 1, 2014, and November 30, 2014, using the 2014 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Nationwide Readmissions Database. Hospitalizations for rural children were categorized by children's hospitals, metropolitan non-children's hospitals, or rural hospitals. Associations between hospital location and outcomes were assessed with logistic (readmission) and negative binomial regression (length of stay [LOS]) models. Classification and regression trees (CART) were used

SUBMITTER: Bettenhausen JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855022 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature