Comparing Pediatric Gastroenteritis Emergency Department Care in Canada and the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Between-country variation in health care resource use and its impact on outcomes in acute care settings have been challenging to disentangle from illness severity by using administrative data.

Methods

We conducted a preplanned analysis employing patient-level emergency department (ED) data from children enrolled in 2 previously conducted clinical trials. Participants aged 3 to <48 months with <72 hours of gastroenteritis were recruited in pediatric EDs in the United States (N = 10 sites; 588 participants) and Canada (N = 6 sites; 827 participants). The primary outcome was an unscheduled health care provider visit within 7 days; the secondary outcomes were intravenous fluid administration and hospitalization at or within 7 days of the index visit.

SUBMITTER: Freedman SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785749 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature