Outpatient hospital utilization after single event multi-level surgery in children with cerebral palsy

Autor: Kelly R. Greve, Amy F. Bailes, Nanhua Zhang, Jason Long, Bruce Aronow, Alexis Mitelpunkt
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. 16:139-148
ISSN: 1875-8894
1874-5393
Popis: PURPOSE: This study aimed to examine outpatient hospital utilization (number of specialties seen and number of visits to each specialty) in the year after single event multi-level surgery (SEMLS) in children with cerebral palsy (CP), and to determine if utilization differs across the medical center in the year after compared to the year before SEMLS. METHODS: This retrospective cross-sectional study used electronic medical record data of outpatient hospital utilization in children with CP who underwent SEMLS. RESULTS: Thirty children with CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System Levels I–V, mean age of 9.9 years) were included. In the year after surgery, a significant difference (p = 0.001) was found for the number of specialties seen, with non-ambulatory children seeing more specialties than ambulatory children. No statistically significant difference was found between the number of outpatient visits to each specialty in the year after SEMLS. Compared to the year before SEMLS, fewer therapy visits occurred in the year after SEMLS (p
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