Anne-Lene Sand-Svartrud, Gunnhild Berdal, Gerd Jenny Aanerud, Maryam Azimi, Anne Merete Bjørnerud, Turid Nygaard Dager, Cornelia H M Van den Ende, Inger Johansen, Helene Lindtvedt Valaas, Hanne Dagfinrud, Ingvild Kjeken
Delivery of a quality improvement program in team-based rehabilitation for patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a mixed methods study
Disability and rehabilitation
assess whether differences exist epidemiology treatment croup respect gender race income geographical location retrospective weighted analysis patients 19 admitted diagnosis croup subcohort patients requiring intubation diagnostic bronchoscopy national inpatient sample kids inpatient database 2003 2013 icd9 codes demographics analyzed cross tabulations linear regression modeling performed 2003 2013 202188 pediatric patients admitted diagnosis croup equivalent 1per100 pediatric admissions males likely admitted croup females 213 208217 incidence croup highest caucasians lowest asian africanamerican patients africanamerican children likely undergo diagnostic bronchoscopy require intubation 123 1081401 races higher rate subglottic stenosis seen africanamerican children required bronchoscopy expected 391 vs 267 controlling subglottic stenosis africanamerican patients longer likely undergo diagnostic bronchoscopy require intubation races 1129 0959133 africanamerican children admitted diagnosis croup appear increased rate intubation bronchoscopy may related high incidence subglottic stenosis population controlling subglottic stenosis difference intervention rates seen