医疗复杂性的儿童的社会需求和住院护理的利用
Lauren Ondrejka1, Edith Allen1, Wendy Arafiles1,2
1University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona.
Hospital pediatrics
|October 1, 2025
概括
面对社会需求挑战的医疗复杂性儿童 (CMC) 经历了更高的医院再入院率和更长的住院时间. 解决这些健康的社会决定因素对于改善结果和减少CMC的医疗保健利用至关重要.
科学领域:
- 儿科医疗保健 儿科医疗保健
- 健康的社会决定因素
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 患有医疗复杂性 (CMC) 的儿童往往有未满足的社会需求,这可能会影响他们的健康结果.
- 社会需求查越来越多地用于识别儿童群体中的这些挑战.
- 了解社会需求和医疗保健利用之间的联系对于资源分配和患者支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定具有积极社会需求选的CMC是否表现出更高的再接收率和更长的停留时间 (LOS).
- 量化CMC中确定的社会需求与医院利用率指标之间的关联.
- 为有针对性的干预提供证据,以支持CMC满足社会需求.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性队列研究分析了0至21岁的CMC,这些CMC被录取到三级儿童医院.
- 包括至少有三名子专家和使用医疗技术的患者.
- 通过护理人员调查评估了社会需求,积极的选表明至少有一个报告的需求. 在各组之间比较了再录取率和LOS.
主要成果:
- 包括四百八十四个CMC:有129个呈阳性查,355个呈阴性查.
- 阳性查的CMC显示了显著更高的30天再入院率 (36%vs26%) 和更长的LOS (6天更长).
- 人口结构有所不同,在阳性查组中,黑人/非裔美国人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔患者的代表性更高.
结论:
- 在CMC中,积极的社会需求查与医院利用率大幅增加有关,包括更高的再入院率和更长的住院时间.
- 这些发现强调了社会需求对CMC医疗负担的关键影响.
- 针对健康的社会决定因素的干预措施对于优化护理和减少对这一弱势群体的医院资源使用至关重要.
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