Pediatric Surgical Revisits by Specialty and Procedure Across US Children's Hospitals, 2016-2020

JAMA. 2022 Aug 23;328(8):774-776. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.11806.

Abstract

This study uses data from the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) to examine rates of 30-day all-cause readmissions and emergency department visits across all major pediatric surgical subspecialties at US tertiary care children’s hospitals to inform efforts to reduce revisits after pediatric surgery.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Hospitals, Pediatric* / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Specialties, Surgical* / statistics & numerical data
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative* / statistics & numerical data
  • United States / epidemiology