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The Journal of school health
report trends juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma jna hospitalizations identify key factors affecting treatment outcomes cost care jna patients healthcare cost utilization project hcup kids inpatient database queried cases jna years 1997 2016 key factors extracted patient demographics geographic region hospital size teaching status elective admissions number diagnoses procedures performed hospitalization elements correlated length stay los costperday cpd using multiple linear regression mlr regional variation jna diagnosis changes los cpd trends time also analyzed total 614 jna patients hospitalized time period majority patients identifying male 98 caucasianwhite 55 average los decreased 014 day per year since 1997 p 0034 whereas cpd steadily increased 2 380 per year p 001 mlr analysis revealed holding factors constant patients stayed teaching hospitals increased los 17 days p 026 paid 11 961 less per day p 05 regional variation cpd found northeast region hospitalizations expensive 9 801 per day compared south p 017 results indicate hospital characteristics teaching status geographic region may predict differences jna outcomes cost healthcare providers cognizant variations ensure optimal patient outcomes expenditures