Patterns of pediatric hospitalizations in an inner-city hospital
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Authors
Maisano, Sarah
Issue Date
2008
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Pediatric hospitalization rates are affected by patient's demographics, but few
studies have focused on demographics like age, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity
for pediatric admissions to an inner-city hospital. We studied the patterns in pediatric
hospitalization, concentrating on the demographics of age, socioeconomic status, and
race/ethnicity for a patient at Henry Ford Hospital (HFH). In this study, we analyzed
data for 3086 children, 0 to 18 years of age, from the Henry Ford Health System data of
2005. We found that newborn hospitalizations were significantly higher than other types
of admission (75.0%). Admission into HFH for teen pregnancy (normal delivery and
emergency delivery) was the second leading cause of pediatric hospitalization. We found
that some health care insurances are related to lower socioeconomic status, and patients
admitted to HFH were mainly insured by Medicaid (49.6%). The most common
race/ethnicity to be hospitalized in HFH was African Americans (43.1 %). Therefore, the
patterns of hospitalization are associated with the patient's demographic factors such as
age, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity.
Description
vi, 15 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo College
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