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Alternative Title:
Epidemiology
Personal Author:
Zogg, Cheryl K. ; Haring, R. Sterling ; Xu, Likang ; Canner, Joseph K. ; AlSulaim, Hatim A. ; ... More +
Zogg, Cheryl K. ; Haring, R. Sterling ; Xu, Likang ; Canner, Joseph K. ; AlSulaim, Hatim A. ; Hashmi, Zain G. ; Salim, Ali ; Engineer, Lilly D. ; Haider, Adil H. ; Bell, Jeneita M. ; Schneider, Eric B. Less -
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Background

Although head trauma-related deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits are well characterized, few studies describe pediatric patients presenting outside of emergency departments. We compared the epidemiology and extent of healthcare-seeking pediatric (0-17y) patients presenting in outpatient settings with those of patients seeking non-hospitalized emergency department care.

Methods

We used MarketScan Medicaid and commercial claims, 2004-2013, to identify patients managed in two outpatient settings (physician's offices/clinics, urgent care) and the emergency department. We then examined differences in demographic and injury-specific factors, CDC-defined head trauma diagnoses, the extent of and reasons for post-index visit ambulatory care use within 30/90/180 days, and annual and monthly variations in head trauma trends. Outpatient incidence rates in 2013 provided estimates of the nationwide US outpatient burden.

Results

A total of 1,683,097 index visits were included, representing a nationwide burden in 2013 of 844,660 outpatient cases, a number that encompassed 51% of healthcare-seeking head trauma that year and that substantially increased in magnitude from 2004-2013. Two-thirds (68%) were managed in outpatient settings. While demographic distributions varied with index-visit location, injury-specific factors were comparable. Seasonal spikes appeared to coincide with school sports.

Conclusions

There is an urgent need to better understand the natural history of head trauma in the >800,000 pediatric patients presenting each year for outpatient care. These outpatient injuries, which are more than double the number of head trauma cases recorded in hospital-affiliated settings, illustrate the potential importance of expanding inclusion criteria in surveillance and prevention efforts designed to address this critical issue.


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Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Craniocerebral Trauma
Databases, Factual
Emergency Medical Services
Female
Humans
Infant
Insurance Claim Review
Male

Source:
Epidemiology. 29(2):269-279
Pubmed ID:
29240568
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5937022
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; T32 GM007205/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; T32 GM007205/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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