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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedChang L, Rees CA, Michelson KA
Association of socioeconomic characteristics with where children receive emergency care.
This study’s objective was to characterize national associations of neighborhood income and insurance type for children with the characteristics of emergency departments (EDs) from which they receive care. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of ED visits by children from 2014 to 2017 using the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample. Emergency department characteristics were characterized by pediatric volume category. There was a total of 107.6 million ED visits from 2014 to 2017. Children outside of the wealthiest neighborhood income quartile had lower proportions of visits to high-volume pediatric EDs and greater proportions of visits to low-volume pediatric EDs than children in the wealthiest quartile. Publicly insured children were modestly more likely to visit higher-volume pediatric EDs than privately insurance and uninsured children. This association appears to be principally driven by urban-rural differences in access to pediatric emergency care.
AHRQ-funded; HS026503.
Citation: Chang L, Rees CA, Michelson KA .
Association of socioeconomic characteristics with where children receive emergency care.
Pediatr Emerg Care 2022 Jan;38(1):e264-e67. doi: 10.1097/pec.0000000000002244..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Children/Adolescents, Emergency Department, Health Insurance, Uninsured, Low-Income
Zachrison KS, Boggs KM, Gao j
Patient insurance status is associated with care received after transfer among pediatric patients in the emergency department.
The objective of this study was to determine whether frequency of interfacility transfer varied by insurance status among pediatric emergency department (ED) patients. Secondarily, the investigators tested for an association between insurance status and odds of transfer with discharge from the second ED without observation or admission. The investigators concluded that among ED-to-ED transfers, pediatric patients with public or without insurance were more often kept for observation or admission at the second hospital after transfer.
AHRQ-funded; HS024561.
Citation: Zachrison KS, Boggs KM, Gao j .
Patient insurance status is associated with care received after transfer among pediatric patients in the emergency department.
Acad Pediatr 2021 Jul;21(5):877-84. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.11.010..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Children/Adolescents, Health Insurance, Emergency Department