@article{ref1,
title="Hospital-based emergency department visits in children with motor vehicle traffic accidents: estimates from the nationwide emergency department sample",
journal="World journal of pediatrics",
year="2014",
author="Allareddy, Veerajalandhar and Anderson, Ingrid M. and Lee, Min Kyeong and Allareddy, Veerasathpurush and Rampa, Sankeerth and Nalliah, Romesh P.",
volume="11",
number="3",
pages="261-266",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to provide nationally representative estimates of children visiting hospital-based emergency departments (ED) for motor vechicle traffic accidents (MVTA) in the United States during the year of 2008. <br><br>METHODS: Nationwide Emergency Department Sample for 2008 was used. All pediatric (age ≤18 years) ED visits with external cause for injury ICD-9-diagnostic codes for MVTA were selected. Outcomes examined included discharge status following ED visit and presence of concomitant injuries. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the estimates. <br><br>RESULTS: Totally 604 027 hospital-based ED visits occurred in the United States among children (age ≤18 years) due to MVTA. Following an ED visit, 91% were discharged routinely, while 6% were admitted as inpatients into the same hospital. A total of 928 children died in the ED. A total of 34 004 ED visits required inpatient admission into the same hospital and 768 patients died during hospitalization. Mean charge per ED visit was $1887 and total ED charges across the United States were close to $970 million. Among those admitted into the same hospital following ED visit (n=34 004), the mean hospitalization charge was $53 726 and total hospitalization charge across the entire United States were $1.8 billion. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Study findings illustrate the burden associated with pediatric ED visits due to MVTA. Close to $970 million of hospital charges were incurred by children who made an ED visit due to a MVTA during 2008 and about $1.8 billion was incurred among those hospitalized following an ED visit.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1708-8569",
doi="10.1007/s12519-014-0521-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12519-014-0521-x"
}