Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States

Nomesh Kumar; Kamleshun Ramphul; Yogeshwaree Ramphul; Renuka Verma; Stephanie G Mejias; Petras Lohana; Jyotsnav Joynauth

doi:10.5114/reum.2021.108356

Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States

Reumatologia. 2021;59(4):270-272. doi: 10.5114/reum.2021.108356. Epub 2021 Aug 16.

Authors

Nomesh Kumar¹, Kamleshun Ramphul², Yogeshwaree Ramphul³, Renuka Verma⁴, Stephanie G Mejias⁵, Petras Lohana¹, Jyotsnav Joynauth⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
² Department of Pediatrics, Shanghai Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Medicine, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam National Hospital, Pamplemousses, Mauritius.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Punjab, India.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, The University beroamericana Unibe School of Medicine/Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital, Santo Domingo, Dominicana.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

Abstract

Juvenile arthritis (JA) is an autoimmune condition affecting children. We used the 2017 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) to evaluate the impact of JA in the United States. The admission data were converted to weighted form and patients between the ages of 0 and 18 (inclusive) were used in our study. 560 weighted cases were found in 2017. It was more common in females than males (340 females, 220 males), Whites (235 cases), and Medicaid covered 61.6% of all patients with JA (345 cases). The total hospital charges were $25,147,389 while the mean length of stay (LOS) was 4.55 days. The highest number of cases was reported in April 2017.

Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; children; juvenile arthritis.