Trends in Regionalization of Pediatric Emergency Care

• 2020

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• Anna Cushing; Emily Bucholz; Kenneth Michelson
PMID: 32169895DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-2989

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The article is about how pediatric emergency care is changing. It describes a study that looks at trends in regionalization, which means organizing care based on the number of children treated at different hospitals. The study uses data from the NEDS database to see how often kids with common, low-risk emergencies go to certain hospitals. This helps understand if more specialized centers are handling these cases or if they are spread out among many places. The goal is to improve care for children by seeing where they get treated and why it matters

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audience: Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Asthma; Confidence Intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Croup; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Treatment; Gastroenteritis; Hospitals, Pediatric; Logistic Models; Patient Transfer; Pediatrics; Referral and Consultation; Regional Health Planning; Databases, Factual; Health Care Surveys; Emergency Service, Hospital

Institutions: Boston Children's Hospital; Boston Medical Center

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