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Alternative Title:
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bdra.23379
Personal Author:
Simeone, Regina M. ; Oster, Matthew E. ; Hobbs, Charlotte A. ; Robbins, James M. ; Collins, R. Thomas ; ... More +
Simeone, Regina M. ; Oster, Matthew E. ; Hobbs, Charlotte A. ; Robbins, James M. ; Collins, R. Thomas ; Honein, Margaret A. ; Less -
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Background Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are common birth defects and are associated with high hospital costs. The objectives of this study were to assess hospitalization costs, across the lifespan, of patients with CHDs in Arkansas. Methods Data from the 2006 to 2011 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Arkansas State Inpatient Databases were used. We included hospitalizations of patients whose admission occurred between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2011, and included a principal or secondary CHD ICD-9-CM diagnosis code (745.0–747.49, except 747.0 and 745.5 for preterm infants). Hospitalizations were excluded if they involved out-of-state residents, normal newborn births, or if missing data included age at admission, state of residence, or hospital charges. Children were defined as those < 18 years-old at time of admission. Results Between 2006 and 2011, there were 2,242,484 inpatient hospitalizations in Arkansas. There were 9071 (0.4%) hospitalizations with a CHD, including 5,158 hospitalizations of children (2.2% of hospitalizations among children) and 3,913 hospitalizations of adults (0.2% of hospitalizations of adults). Hospital costs for these CHD hospitalizations totaled $355,543,696. The average annual cost of CHD hospitalizations in Arkansas was $59,257,283 during this time period. Infants accounted for 72% of all CHD-related hospital costs; total costs of CHD hospitalizations for children were almost five times those of hospitalization costs for adults with CHD. Conclusion Hospitalizations with CHDs account for a disproportionate share of hospital costs in Arkansas. Hospitalizations of children with CHD accounted for a higher proportion of total hospitalizations than did hospitalizations of adults with CHD.
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Article
Child
Child, Preschool
Congenital Heart Defects
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Factual
Female
Healthcare Cost And Utilization Project
Heart Defects, Congenital
Hospital Costs
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Inpatients
Length Of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
State Inpatient Database
Young Adult
Hospital Costs

Source:
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 103(9):814-820. ;
Pubmed ID:
26069215
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4565745
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ;
Place as Subject:
Arkansas ;
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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