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  • Pediatric healthcare utilization
  • Chronic disease epidemiology
  • Health services research

Background:

  • Children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) represent a small but resource-intensive patient group within inpatient settings.
  • Understanding trends in their healthcare utilization is crucial for resource allocation and healthcare planning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze national trends in hospital discharges, bed days, and charges for US children with and without CCCs between 2000 and 2022.
  • To identify demographic and clinical factors associated with increased resource utilization among children with CCCs.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective, repeated cross-sectional study utilizing the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) from 2000 to 2022.
  • Analysis included children aged 0-18 years, categorizing them by the number of complex chronic conditions (CCCs) using ICD-9/10 codes.
  • Trends in discharge rates, bed days, and hospital charges were assessed, along with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Main Results:

  • The hospital discharge rate for children with one or more CCCs increased by 24.3% from 2000 to 2022, while decreasing for those without CCCs.
  • Children with multiple CCCs (2 or more) showed significant increases in discharge rates (60.9% to 340.0%).
  • Children with CCCs accounted for a growing proportion of total hospital discharges (16.9% to 21.9%), bed days (32.0% to 44.1%), and charges (44.2% to 59.5%) over the study period.

Conclusions:

  • National inpatient resource utilization by children with CCCs has substantially increased from 2000 to 2022, primarily driven by those with multiple conditions.
  • These findings underscore the critical need for healthcare systems to enhance resources, staffing, and payment models to sustainably manage the escalating demands of inpatient care for this population.
  • The increasing burden highlights the importance of integrated care models and preventative strategies for children with complex chronic conditions.