TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Unintentional pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2003
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Cohen, R. H.
A1  - Matter, K. C.
A1  - Sinclair, S. A.
A1  - Smith, Gary A.
A1  - Xiang, Huiyun
SP  - 131
EP  - 135
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2007.016998
ID  - ref1
ER  -