Peter J Gill, Thaksha Thavam, Mohammed Rashidul Anwar, Jingqin Zhu, Patricia C Parkin, Eyal Cohen, Teresa To, Sanjay Mahant, Francine Buchanan, Wenjia Chen, Ronald Cohn, Mairead Green, Matt Hall, Kate Langrish, Colin Macarthur, Myla Moretti, Michelle Quinlan, Ann Bayliss, Ronik Kanani, Sean Murray, Catherine Pound, Mahmoud Sakran, Anupam Sehgal, Sepi Taheri, Gita Wahi
Importance: Identifying conditions that could be prioritized for research based on health care system burden is important for developing a research agenda for the care of hospitalized children. However, existing prioritization studies are decades old or do not include data from both pediatric and general hospitals. Objective: To assess the prevalence, cost, and variation in cost of pediatric hospitalizations at all general and pediatric hospitals in Ontario, Canada, with the aim of identifying conditions that could be prioritized for future research...
February 1, 2022: JAMA Network Open