Inequities in quality and safety outcomes for hospitalized children with intellectual disability.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate if there are inequities in quality and safety outcomes for children with intellectual disability admitted to two tertiary paediatric hospitals.

Method

A cross-sectional study of 1367 admissions for 1018 randomly selected patients admitted for more than 23 hours to one of two tertiary children's hospitals in Sydney, Australia (1st January-31st December 2017). Electronic medical records were manually interrogated to identify children with intellectual disability (including developmental delay). Data extracted included patient demographics, length of stay, number of admissions, and reported clinical incidents.

Results

In total, 12.3% (n=125) of children admitted during the study period had intellectual disability, which represented 13.9% (n=190) of adm

SUBMITTER: Mimmo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9293445 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature