Hui Li, Simin Tao, Silu Sun, Ying Xiao, Yongbing Liu
The relationship between health literacy and health-related quality of life in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study
Frontiers in public health
analyze differences length stay cost disposition demographics syndromic nonsyndromic children undergoing multilevel sleep surgery children sleep disordered breathing obstructive sleep apnea undergone sleep surgeries isolated 1997 2012 editions kids inpatient database healthcare cost utilization project agency healthcare research quality children classified syndromic nonsyndromic stratified level sleep surgery tonsillectomy adenoidectomy tonsillectomy adenoidectomy plus site surgery site surgery length stay cost reported kruskalwallis oneway analysis variance disposition binomial logistic regression demographics chisquare syndromic children compared nonsyndromic children likely surgery beyond tonsillectomy adenoidectomy also longer length stay higher total cost nonroutine disposition p 001 syndromic children undergoing tonsillectomy adenoidectomy plus site surgery longer length stay compared syndromic children undergoing tonsillectomy adenoidectomy 600 days vs 363 days p 001 however similar statistically significant difference length stay found nonsyndromic children 201 days vs 287 days p 05 potential risksbenefits need weighed carefully undertaking sleep surgery syndromic children experience longer length stay higher cost nonroutine disposition compared nonsyndromic children especially true considering transition tonsillectomy adenoidectomy tonsillectomy adenoidectomy plus site surgery syndromic children experience longer length stay nonsyndromic children