Status of Comorbid Congenital Anomalies and Their Influence on Resource Use in Pediatric Inpatients: A Serial Cross-Sectional Study in Shanghai, China.

Frontiers in Public Health
Jianwei ShiZhaoxin Wang

Abstract

Objectives: The status of children with comorbid congenital anomalies (CAs) and their effects on related hospital resource utilization have been minimally investigated. We aimed to describe the congenital anomalies comorbidity status and their effects on hospital resource utilization (length of stay, cost) by pediatric patients. Setting: This study was conducted in five tertiary care children's hospitals in Shanghai, China. Participants: Data were obtained from the inpatients' electronic health records; diagnoses were recorded using International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision codes. In total, 7,890 children were diagnosed with congenital anomalies (13.13%), which were either primary or secondary. Primary and secondary outcome measures: The dependent variables were length of stay and cost. The independent variables were demographic and clinical characteristics and CA status. Results: In total, 50.98% of the hospitalized patients had comorbid CA conditions. Medical+CA patients were associated with a longer LOS (β = 2.656, P < 0.001), and CA+medical patients were associated with higher costs (β = 7.222, P < 0.001). Cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and genitourinary diseases were the top three comorbid diseases. The ave...Continue Reading

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