National Cohort Study of Health Care Resource Use After Pediatric Tracheostomy

JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Aug 1;176(8):817-819. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.1069.

¹ Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
² Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
³ Clinical Coding, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Great North Children's Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Abstract

This cohort study uses Hospital Episode Statistics admission data to evaluate hospital resource use and associated costs for pediatric tracheostomy.