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To evaluate national trends in hospital admission rates for medically complex children aged 8 days to 4 years over a 15-year timeframe.

September 21, 2010PEDIATRICS

Increasing Prevalence of Medically Complex Children in US Hospitals

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KBKatherine BurnsThe Alfred Hospital PCPatrick H. CaseyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill RLRobert LyleOslo University Hospital

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Retrospective database study reveals rising hospitalization rates among medically complex young children, indicating an increasing inpatient burden of chronic disease.

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To evaluate national trends in hospital admission rates for medically complex children aged 8 days to 4 years over a 15-year timeframe.
Analyzed discharge data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample across 3-year intervals between 1991 and 2005.
Categorized chronic conditions into 9 complex chronic condition (CCC) categories to measure individual and combined hospitalization rates.
Tracked hospitalization trends for subgroups with cerebral palsy or bronchopulmonary dysplasia accompanied by additional CCCs.
Hospitalization rates for children with diagnoses in more than 1 CCC category increased from 83.7 per 100,000 in 1991–1993 to 166.0 per 100,000 in 2003–2005 (P < .001).
Hospitalizations for children with cerebral palsy and more than 1 CCC increased from 7.1 to 10.4 per 100,000 (P = .002), whereas rates for cerebral palsy alone remained stable.
Hospitalization rates for bronchopulmonary dysplasia with more than 1 CCC diagnosis climbed from 9.8 to 23.9 per 100,000 (P < .001).

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Burns et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a17347de6fc0256052c2fc8 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-1658

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Retrospective database study reveals rising hospitalization rates among medically complex young children, indicating an increasing inpatient burden of chronic disease.

Increasing Prevalence of Medically Complex Children in US Hospitals

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