PMID: 2120416Sep 1, 1990Paper

Acute hospital costs of pediatric trauma in the United States: how much and who pays?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
E J MacKenzieM Fahey

Abstract

National estimates of the numbers and expenditures associated with hospitalization due to injury among children (aged 0 to 14) were derived using data from the 1984, 1985, and 1986 National Hospital Discharge Surveys (NHDS) and the 1980 National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditures Study (NMCUES). In this report, age- and sex-specific estimates of the numbers of hospital admissions and expenditures are reported for subgroup of patients defined by external cause of the injury and by nature and severity of the injury. In 1985, over 266,000 children sustained a traumatic injury resulting in hospitalization (rate of 51 per 10,000 children). Expenditures totaled nearly $1 billion. Over 80% of the hospitalizations and two thirds of total expenditures were for minor (Maximum AIS = 1.2) trauma. Moderate (Maximum AIS = 3) and severe (Maximum AIS = 4,5) trauma accounted for 18% and 2% of admissions and 31% and 8% of expenditures, respectively. Falls ranked first in expenditures and admissions (36% of the total). Motor vehicle-related injuries accounted for 19% of trauma admissions and 24% of expenditures. Other less common causes included bicycle injuries, penetrating injuries and injuries caused by the child being hit by an object ...Continue Reading

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