Thomas R Kratochwill, Jennifer M Asmus, Clarissa Schienebeck, Elizabeth Dohrn, Joel R Levin, Alexandra Puk Ament, Elizabeth Hagermoser-Bayley, Brittany Bice-Urbach, Megan Willes, Dana Sorensen, Leroy Williams, Lionel Alvarez, Jackie Roessler
Problem solving team interventions: Web-based and consultant-based experimental evaluations
Journal of school psychology
little known characteristics pediatric patients transferred medical care thus aimed compare pediatric patients admitted sepsis transfers versus admitted transfers retrospective study using agency healthcare research quality 2009 kids inpatient database inclusion diagnosis sepsis based patient refined diagnosisrelated group 720 septicemia disseminated infections resulted 16894 patients transfer status based admission codes weighted statistical analysis conducted using stata 121 stata corporation college station tx institutional review board approval obtained weighted analysis found significant differences transferred versus nontransferred patients following areas highest severity illness subclass 451 vs 187 p 001 number chronic conditions 20 vs 15 p 001 teaching hospital status 859 vs 548 p 001 length stay 108 vs 65 p001 number procedures 29 vs 14 p 001 mortality 84 vs 32 p 001 total costs 30626 vs 13677 p 001 daily costs 2901 vs 1887 p 001 study found patients diagnosed sepsis transferred severely ill higher number chronic conditions longer lengths stay procedures performed higher mortality higher total daily costs