@article{ref1,
title="Unintentional pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2003",
journal="Injury prevention",
year="2008",
author="Cohen, R. H. and Matter, K. C. and Sinclair, S. A. and Smith, Gary A. and Xiang, Huiyun",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="131-135",
abstract="The objective of this study was to examine the demographic characteristics and hospital resource utilization of submersion-injury-related hospitalizations among persons </=20 years of age in the USA in 2003. All 1475 pediatric submersion-injury-related hospital discharges in the Kids' Inpatient Database were identified by ICD-9-CM diagnosis code or external cause of injury code. These cases represent an estimated 2490 pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations nationwide. Inpatient costs for these estimated hospitalizations were approximately $10 million. The overall pediatric submersion-injury-related rate of hospitalization was 3.0 per 100 000 persons. Children aged 0-4 years had the highest rate of hospitalization (7.7 per 100 000 persons). Children with permanent submersion-injury-related morbidity accounted for 5.8% of hospital admissions and 37.3% of hospital costs in our study, and children with submersion-injury-related in-hospital death accounted for 11.6% of hospital admissions and 20.0% of hospital costs in our study. Prevention of submersion injury using focused, proven strategies deserves increased attention.   Keywords: Drowning; Drowning Prevention; Water Safety   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-8047",
doi="10.1136/ip.2007.016998",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2007.016998"
}