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Applying an Evidence-Based Community Organizing Approach to Strengthen HIV Prevention for Cisgender Women in US South: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study
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highcost hospitalizations hchs account substantial proportion pediatric health care expenditures aimed 1 describe distribution pediatric hchs across hospital types caring children 2 compare characteristics pediatric hchs hospital type crosssectional analysis pediatric hospitalizations 2012 kids inpatient database hchs defined costs 40 000 94th percentile hospitals categorized childrens small general large general approximately 166 000 hchs responsible 508 aggregate hospital costs 181 357 billion mostly childrens hospitals 65 children hch largely neonates 45 public insurance 50 1 chronic condition 74 total 131 childrens hospitals cared median 559 hchs per hospital interquartile range iqr 3551153 compared 76 hchs per hospital iqr 32151 397 large general hospitals 5 hchs per hospital iqr 222 3581 small general hospitals median annual aggregate cost hchs 60 million iqr 36135 per childrens hospital compared 66 million iqr 215 per large general hospital 300 000 iqr 116 00015 million per small general hospital hchs childrens hospitals encompassed nearly 5 times many unique clinical conditions large general hospitals 30 times many small general hospitals childrens hospitals cared disproportionate volume cost diversity hchs compared general hospitals future studies characterize factors driving cost resources reimbursement practices hch ensure longterm financial viability pediatric health care system