Sociodemographic Differences of Hospitalization and Associations of Resource Utilization for Failure to Thrive.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examines the sociodemographic differences between elective and nonelective admissions for failure to thrive (FTT). We investigate associations between admission type and hospital resource utilization, including length of stay and feeding tube placement.

Methods

We included children <2 years old with FTT in the nationwide Kids' Inpatient Database. We described differences between elective and nonelective admissions using Fisher exact and t tests. To assess associations of admission type and hospital resource utilization, we used negative binomial and logistic regression for length of stay and feeding tube placement, respectively.

Results

In this study of 45,920 admissions (37,224 nonelective vs 8696 elective), we found differences by race and ethn

SUBMITTER: Wu AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991948 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature