2023
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Insurer Classification of Nonemergent Pediatric Emergency Department Visits
Pomerantz A, De Souza H, Hall M, Neuman M, Goyal M, Samuels-Kalow M, Aronson P, Alpern E, Simon H, Hoffmann J, Wells J, Shanahan K, Gutman C, Peltz A. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Insurer Classification of Nonemergent Pediatric Emergency Department Visits. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2311752. PMID: 37140920, PMCID: PMC10160869, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.11752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnique ED visitsED visitsPediatric ED visitsClaims algorithmHispanic childrenMore visitsReimbursement reductionsHispanic pediatric patientsNonemergent ED visitsCurrent Procedural Terminology codesEmergency department visitsPediatric emergency departmentPrimary care servicesProcedural Terminology codesWhite childrenProfessional reimbursementCommercial health insurerRetrospective cohortDate of birthDepartment visitsPediatric patientsStudy cohortEmergency departmentMedicaid databaseDiagnosis codes
2014
Variation in Care of the Febrile Young Infant <90 Days in US Pediatric Emergency Departments
Aronson PL, Thurm C, Alpern ER, Alessandrini EA, Williams DJ, Shah SS, Nigrovic LE, McCulloh RJ, Schondelmeyer A, Tieder JS, Neuman MI. Variation in Care of the Febrile Young Infant <90 Days in US Pediatric Emergency Departments. Pediatrics 2014, 134: 667-677. PMID: 25266437, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFebrile young infantsPediatric emergency departmentUS pediatric emergency departmentsHospital-level variationEmergency departmentHospitalization ratesInterhospital variationYoung infantsAge groupsSignificant interhospital variationRetrospective cohort studyCerebrospinal fluid testingProportion of patientsQuality of careDays of ageInfants 29Substantial patientCohort studyED visitsOverall cohortPatient ageED managementDiagnosis codesInclusion criteriaModifiable source