The Hospital Costs of High Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness

• 2024

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• Katherine Remick; Marianne Gausche-Hill; Amber Lin; Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert; Benjamin Lang; Ashley Foster
PMID: 38835787DOI: 10.1002/emp2.13179

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The article describes the costs of improving emergency departments (EDs) to better care for children. It explains that having high pediatric readiness in EDs can save children's lives but is expensive. The main cost comes from hiring Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators (PECCs), who help manage care for kids. Equipment costs are smaller. Costs vary by hospital size, with larger hospitals spending more overall but less per child treated. The study suggests that investing in pediatric readiness is worthwhile because it improves survival rates and compares these costs to those of common vaccines, showing they are relatively low per child treated.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child; Costs and Cost Analysis; Emergency Medical Services; Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; Pediatrics; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; Health Care Costs; Emergency Service, Hospital; Quality Improvement

Institutions: Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN); EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC); University of Texas at Austin; Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Oregon Health & Science University; Stanford Medicine; University of California San Francisco

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