Pediatric cochlear implantation: Variation in income, race, payer, and charges across five states
| Autor: | Brian K. Reilly, Heather Gordish-Dressman, Diego Preciado, Zhen J Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Cost effectiveness Cross-sectional study business.industry Logistic regression Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Otorhinolaryngology Quartile 030225 pediatrics Statistical significance Conventional PCI Medicine Household income 030223 otorhinolaryngology business Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Demography |
| Zdroj: | The Laryngoscope. 128:954-958 |
| ISSN: | 0023-852X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/lary.26686 |
| Popis: | Objectives/Hypothesis Our objectives were to investigate pediatric cochlear implantation (PCI) across representative states within the United States and analyze any geographical differences in age, median household income, race, insurance, and total medical charges. Study Design Cross-sectional. Methods Data from children (aged 0.5–18 years) who received cochlear implantation surgery were collected from the 2011 State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases from California (CA), Florida (FL), Maryland (MD), New York (NY), and Kentucky (KY) as a part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. We performed data analysis using a combination of Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon rank sum tests, as well as nominal logistic regression. Results Five hundred twelve cases of PCI were performed during 2011 across the five states. The overall mean and median age of implantation were 5.6 years and 4 years, respectively. There was no statistical difference in age of implantation across states (P = .85). However, there were statistical differences in primary payer (P |
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