Maria Aparecida Beserra, Diene Monique Carlos, Maria Neto da Cruz Leitão, Maria das Graças Carvalho Ferriani
Prevalence of school violence and use of alcohol and other drugs in adolescents
Revista latino-americana de enfermagem
various factors influence outcomes cleft palate care study sought determine impact race admissions hospital costs shortterm complications cleft palate repair cleft palate operations identified kids inpatient database data 2000 2009 data combed demographics perioperatives complications hospital characteristics bivariate multivariate analyses performed races total primary revision cohorts 3464 white 1428 hispanic 413 black 398 asianpacificislander 470 patients races captured black patients experienced emergent admissions p 0005 increased length stay p 0029 hospital charges highest black hispanic patients lowest white patients p 0019 black patients total complications nonblack patients p 0039 including higher rates postoperative fistula p 0020 nonspecific complications among revision repairs p 0003 asianpacific islander primary cohort experienced higher rates accidental puncture p 0031 fistula p 0001 patients highest rates wound disruption p 0013 controlling race diagnosis charlson comorbidity index score region electivenonelective payer income quartile length stay p 0001 age p 0001 associated increases total complications costs race may play significant role cleft palate repair white patients fewer complications shorter length stay lower costs following repair delayed age treatment may predispose patients adverse sequelae minority populations terms influencing length stay costs risk ii