Socio-economic disparities in unplanned hospital admission and in- hospital outcomes among children with congenital heart disease
Laxmi V Ghimire,
Sagya Khanal,
Zareh Torabyan
et al.
Abstract:Unplanned/non-elective admissions have been associated with worse clinical outcomes and increased use of hospital resources. We hypothesize that children with congenital heart disease (CHD) from lower socio-economic status backgrounds have higher rates of unplanned hospital admissions and increased hospital resource utilization. We used Kids’ Inpatient Database (2016 and 2019). We included children < 21 years of age with CHD, and excluded newborn hospitalization. We further categorized CHD into simple lesio… Show more
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