Development and Use of a Calculator to Measure Pediatric Low-Value Care Delivered in US Children's Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The scope of low-value care in children's hospitals is poorly understood.

Objective

To develop and apply a calculator of hospital-based pediatric low-value care to estimate prevalence and cost of low-value services.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study developed and applied a calculator of hospital-based pediatric low-value care to estimate the prevalence and cost of low-value services among 1 011 950 encounters reported in 49 US children's hospitals contributing to the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database. To develop the calculator, a multidisciplinary stakeholder group searched existing pediatric low-value care measures and used an iterative process to identify and operationalize relevant hospital-based measures in t

SUBMITTER: House SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8719236 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature