Emergency Department Care for Children During the 2022 Viral Respiratory Illness Surge

Emergency Department Care for Children During the 2022 Viral Respiratory Illness Surge

Pediatric readiness is essential for all emergency departments (EDs). Children's experience of care may differ according to operational challenges in children's hospitals, community hospitals, and rural EDs caused by recurring and sometimes unpredictable viral illness surges. To describe w...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA network open 2023-12, Vol.6 (12), p.e2346769
Hauptverfasser: Janke, Alexander T, Mangus, Courtney W, Fung, Christopher M, Kamdar, Neil, Macy, Michelle L, Nypaver, Michele M, Kocher, Keith E
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Child
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Collaboration
Emergency medical care
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Service, Hospital
Emergency Treatment
Humans
Pediatrics
Respiratory diseases
Retrospective Studies
Virus Diseases - epidemiology
Virus Diseases - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:Pediatric readiness is essential for all emergency departments (EDs). Children's experience of care may differ according to operational challenges in children's hospitals, community hospitals, and rural EDs caused by recurring and sometimes unpredictable viral illness surges. To describe wait times, lengths of stay (LOS), and ED revisits across diverse EDs participating in a statewide quality collaborative during a surge in visits in 2022. This retrospective cohort study included 25 EDs from the Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative data registry from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2022. Pediatric (patient age
ISSN:2574-3805
2574-3805
DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46769