Hospital Care Patterns Vary Greatly for Children with Complex Medical Issues

Medical XPress - Cites a recent study conducted by Shawn Ralston, associate professor of pediatrics; David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Wade Harrison, Geisel '16, researcher at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; and Jared Wasserman, Analytic Project Manager at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The study examines the population of children with medical complexity in three states—Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and found significant differences across the hospitals providing care in inpatient days, outpatient visits, emergency room visits and diagnostic tests.