Open AccessDemographics, Complications and Resource Utilization for Patients Hospitalized for Measles Across Us Children’s Hospitals
Author(s) -
Gabrielle Hester,
Amanda Nickel,
Patricia Stinchfield,
Alicen B Spaulding
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002400
Subject(s) - demographics , medicine , measles , pediatrics , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , demography , vaccination , immunology , sociology
Our objective was to retrospectively describe measles hospitalizations in 52 US children's hospitals. We identified 136 patients hospitalized for measles in 2004-2018; 17% (23/136) had complex chronic conditions, 2 of whom died or were in hospice. Among noncomplex patients only 39% received vitamin A, median length of stay was 3 days and median adjusted estimated costs were $5896.