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. 2023 Nov 21;330(19):1906-1908.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.19268.

Pediatric Hospitalization Trends at Children's and General Hospitals, 2000-2019

Michael J Steiner  1 , Matt Hall  2 , Ashley G Sutton  1 , John R Stephens  1 , JoAnna K Leyenaar  3 , Lindsay Chase  1 , Corrie E McDaniel  4
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Pediatric Hospitalization Trends at Children's and General Hospitals, 2000-2019

Michael J Steiner et al. JAMA. .
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Plain language summary

This study examines whether pediatric inpatient care has been redistributed from general hospitals into children’s hospitals.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Leyenaar reported receiving personal fees from the American Board of Pediatrics Foundation outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Relative Percentage Change of Inpatient Pediatric Hospitalization Within Different Hospital Types
A freestanding children’s hospital (FS-CH) is identified as an FS CH in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project database. A Non–FS-CH is a CH not identified as FS but had more than 1500 pediatric acute care discharges during the year. Non-CH is a hospital that had fewer than 1500 pediatric discharges during the year. Hospital classification was determined independently at each year examined.
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