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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 1998
The epidemiology of pediatric visits to New Jersey general emergency departments.
- D R Zimmerman, J R Allegra, and R P Cody.
- Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 1998 Apr 1; 14 (2): 112-5.
ObjectiveTo describe the epidemiology of pediatric visits to the emergency departments (EDs) of 10 general hospitals by age and gender.DesignReview of ICD-9 codes from the billing database of a practice of emergency physicians.SettingTen hospitals in north/central New Jersey.PatientsAll children <18 years treated by group physicians in EDs of study hospitals.InterventionsNone.Main Outcome MeasuresDiagnoses and visits.ResultsThere were 319,430 diagnoses recorded for 241,839 children (18.9% of the 1,277,233 total visits by all ages). The number of visits was highest in the <2 and >14 years age groups, with males predominating in all age groups. The number of visits from trauma increased with age. Otitis accounted for over 3% of all ED visits in this sample, over 7000 visits.ConclusionsChildren account for a significant portion of ED visits in general hospitals. EDs need to be equipped and staffed to handle this clientele.
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