Why the study?
How do trends, characteristics, and outcomes of observation stays compare to 1-day inpatient stays among children admitted from the ED?
Population
Children admitted to observation or inpatient status following emergency department care at 16 US…
Comparison
Observation status vs 1-day inpatient stays
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Observation stays now predominate pediatric short hospitalizations; leaves open whether their exclusion from databases underestimates resource use.
How do trends, characteristics, and outcomes of observation stays compare to 1-day inpatient stays among children admitted from the ED?
Children admitted under observation status make up a substantial and growing proportion of acute care hospitalizations, suggesting that excluding them from inpatient databases underestimates resource utilization.
Macy et al. (2012) studied this question.
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