Po-Lin Chen
The Development and Psychometric Properties of an Education Well-Being Scale among Elementary School Students
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
previous studies shown increasing hospitalizations pediatric cholelithiasis recent trends unknown conducted national study pediatric cholelithiasis characterize recent hospitalization rate trends retrospective repeated crosssectional analysis pediatric age 18 years cholelithiasisassociated hospitalizations combining data 2006 2019 kids inpatient database releases primary outcome interest national hospitalization rate per 100000 children examined rates stratified age group sex characterized hospitalization outcomes characteristics pediatric cholelithiasis twentynine thousand one hundred two hospital records representing 42282 gallstoneassociated hospitalizations identified hospitalization rate declined 129 95 confidence interval ci 126132 2006 91 95 ci 8893 2019 consistent literature hospitalizations occurred often among teenagers 71 individuals female sex 72 proportion hospitalizations freestanding childrens hospitals increased significantly 182 351 finally proportion hospitalizations involving potentially medical predisposing condition increased significantly estimated us hospitalization rate pediatric cholelithiasis declined 30 2006 2019 female patients teenagers largest decline hospitalizations increasingly occurred freestanding childrens hospitals potential explanations include potential changes delivery care well changes population disease burden