Table 2 Patient and hospital characteristics of hospitalizations for pediatric high-impact conditions
Characteristic | Number of hospitalizations (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
< 1 year | 1,020,642 | (71.9) |
1-4 years | 185,053 | (9.9) |
5-9 years | 112,703 | (6.1) |
10-14 years | 100,192 | (5.4) |
15-19 years | 129,065 | (6.7) |
Gender | ||
Male | 861,677 | (55.2) |
Female | 678,603 | (44.8) |
Source of Admission | ||
Routine/Office/Clinic | 1,056,752 | (75.6) |
Emergency Department | 346,692 | (19.2) |
Another Hospital | 82,818 | (4.6) |
Another health care facility, including long term care & nursing care facility | 9,815 | (0.6) |
Court/Law enforcement Institution | 530 | (< 0.1) |
Hospital Bed Size | ||
Small | 179,272 | (12.2) |
Medium | 399,609 | (26.9) |
Large | 941,176 | (60.9) |
Hospital Location | ||
Rural | 128,951 | (9.8) |
Urban | 1,391,106 | (90.2) |
Type of Hospital | ||
Children’s Teaching and Non-Teaching Hospital | 480,139 | (30.5) |
Non-Children’s Teaching Hospital | 438,665 | (30.9) |
Non-Children’s Non-Teaching Hospital | 533,000 | (38.7) |
APRDRG-Levels of Illness Severity | ||
Minor-moderate | 1,241,632 | (84.4) |
Major | 239,702 | (12.2) |
Extreme | 66,321 | (3.4) |
Payer Type | ||
Medicaid | 692,743 | (43.7) |
Private/HMO | 726,487 | (48.3) |
Self-Pay | 69,952 | (4.6) |
Other | 56,110 | (3.4) |