M Jaensson, I Wätterbjörk, A-K Isaksson, K Falk-Brynhildsen
Nursing students' expectations of group supervision while writing a bachelor thesis: A pre-post survey
Nurse education today
hospitaltohospital transfer pediatric patients common practice poorly understood better understand practice examined national database profile pediatric interfacility transfers used 2012 kids inpatient database examine characteristics hospitalized pediatric patients 21 years excluding pregnancy diagnoses transfer admission source performed descriptive statistics compare patient characteristics utilization hospital characteristics admitted transfer versus routine admission constructed multivariable logistic regression model identify patient characteristics associated admitted transfer versus routine admission 595 million nonpregnancy hospitalizations united states 2012 44 admitted transfer another hospital excluding neonatal hospitalizations rate increased 94 210 million nonneonatal nonpregnancy hospitalizations eightysix percent transfers urban teaching hospitals common transfer diagnoses hospitals nationally mood disorder 89 perinatal conditions 87 prematurity 48 asthma 42 bronchiolitis 38 adjusted analysis factors associated higher odds admitted transfer included neonatal principal diagnosis male gender white race nonprivate insurance rural residence higher illness severity weekend admission interfacility transfers relatively common among hospitalized pediatric patients higher odds admission transfer associated higher illness severity also principal diagnosis insurance status race studies needed identify etiologies clinical impacts identified transfer differences