Institutional differences in care practices for children with VLRI were not explained by differences in patient severity and did not affect the children's recovery but correlated significantly with hospital costs and LOS.
A broad range of factors, including nutritional interventions, fluid orders, medications, and staffing patterns, are associated with prevention of PUs in long-term care residents. Research-based PU prevention protocols need to be developed that include these factors and target interventions for reducing risk factors.
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