Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States
Juvenile arthritis (JA) is an autoimmune condition affecting children. We used the 2017 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) to evaluate the impact of JA in the United States. The admission data were converted to weighted form and patients between the ages of 0 and 18 (inclusive) were used in our study....
Guardado en:
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | article |
Lenguaje: | EN |
Publicado: |
Termedia Publishing House
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/37d64e623f25404a85e3adb2d0a8adae |
Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
id |
oai:doaj.org-article:37d64e623f25404a85e3adb2d0a8adae |
---|---|
record_format |
dspace |
spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:37d64e623f25404a85e3adb2d0a8adae2021-12-02T17:45:53ZChildren hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States0034-62332084-983410.5114/reum.2021.108356https://doaj.org/article/37d64e623f25404a85e3adb2d0a8adae2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.termedia.pl/Children-hospitalized-for-juvenile-arthritis-in-the-United-States,18,44906,1,1.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/0034-6233https://doaj.org/toc/2084-9834Juvenile arthritis (JA) is an autoimmune condition affecting children. We used the 2017 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) to evaluate the impact of JA in the United States. The admission data were converted to weighted form and patients between the ages of 0 and 18 (inclusive) were used in our study. 560 weighted cases were found in 2017. It was more common in females than males (340 females, 220 males), Whites (235 cases), and Medicaid covered 61.6% of all patients with JA (345 cases). The total hospital charges were $25,147,389 while the mean length of stay (LOS) was 4.55 days. The highest number of cases was reported in April 2017.Nomesh KumarKamleshun RamphulYogeshwaree RamphulRenuka VermaStephanie MejiasPetras LohanaJyotsnav JoynauthTermedia Publishing Housearticlechildren juvenile arthritis healthcare cost and utilization project.MedicineRENRheumatology, Vol 59, Iss 4, Pp 270-272 (2021) |
institution |
DOAJ |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
EN |
topic |
children juvenile arthritis healthcare cost and utilization project. Medicine R |
spellingShingle |
children juvenile arthritis healthcare cost and utilization project. Medicine R Nomesh Kumar Kamleshun Ramphul Yogeshwaree Ramphul Renuka Verma Stephanie Mejias Petras Lohana Jyotsnav Joynauth Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States |
description |
Juvenile arthritis (JA) is an autoimmune condition affecting children. We used the 2017 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) to evaluate the impact of JA in the United States. The admission data were converted to weighted form and patients between the ages of 0 and 18 (inclusive) were used in our study. 560 weighted cases were found in 2017. It was more common in females than males (340 females, 220 males), Whites (235 cases), and Medicaid covered 61.6% of all patients with JA (345 cases). The total hospital charges were $25,147,389 while the mean length of stay (LOS) was 4.55 days. The highest number of cases was reported in April 2017. |
format |
article |
author |
Nomesh Kumar Kamleshun Ramphul Yogeshwaree Ramphul Renuka Verma Stephanie Mejias Petras Lohana Jyotsnav Joynauth |
author_facet |
Nomesh Kumar Kamleshun Ramphul Yogeshwaree Ramphul Renuka Verma Stephanie Mejias Petras Lohana Jyotsnav Joynauth |
author_sort |
Nomesh Kumar |
title |
Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States |
title_short |
Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States |
title_full |
Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States |
title_fullStr |
Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed |
Children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the United States |
title_sort |
children hospitalized for juvenile arthritis in the united states |
publisher |
Termedia Publishing House |
publishDate |
2021 |
url |
https://doaj.org/article/37d64e623f25404a85e3adb2d0a8adae |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT nomeshkumar childrenhospitalizedforjuvenilearthritisintheunitedstates AT kamleshunramphul childrenhospitalizedforjuvenilearthritisintheunitedstates AT yogeshwareeramphul childrenhospitalizedforjuvenilearthritisintheunitedstates AT renukaverma childrenhospitalizedforjuvenilearthritisintheunitedstates AT stephaniemejias childrenhospitalizedforjuvenilearthritisintheunitedstates AT petraslohana childrenhospitalizedforjuvenilearthritisintheunitedstates AT jyotsnavjoynauth childrenhospitalizedforjuvenilearthritisintheunitedstates |
_version_ |
1718379521591214080 |