Hospital variation in admissions to neonatal intensive care units by diagnosis severity and category
Haidari ES, Lee HC, Illuzzi JL, Phibbs CS, Lin H, Xu X. Hospital variation in admissions to neonatal intensive care units by diagnosis severity and category. Journal Of Perinatology 2020, 41: 468-477. PMID: 32801351, PMCID: PMC7427695, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-020-00775-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitNICU admission ratesIntensive care unitNICU admissionMild diagnosesCare unitHospital variationInterhospital variationAdmission ratesPatient/hospital characteristicsHospital discharge dataRisk-adjusted ratesWeeks' gestationNICU bedsBirth weightHospital characteristicsSevere diagnosisLive birthsMultivariable regressionAdmissionPotential overuseBirth certificatesDiagnosisHigher likelihoodDiagnosis severityUtility of Birth Certificate Data for Evaluating Hospital Variation in Admissions to NICUs
Haidari ES, Lee HC, Illuzzi JL, Lin H, Xu X. Utility of Birth Certificate Data for Evaluating Hospital Variation in Admissions to NICUs. Hospital Pediatrics 2020, 10: 190-194. PMID: 32005648, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNICU admission ratesBirth certificate dataNICU admissionAdmission ratesHospital variationCertificate dataConcordance correlation coefficientSubset of hospitalsPotential overuseAdmissionHospitalLin's concordance correlation coefficientGold standardRank testService dataGood concordanceConcordanceConcordance coefficient