Hospital charges for pediatric heart transplant hospitalizations in the United States from 1997 to 2006

• Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 485 - 491
• Main Authors: Law, Sabrina P., MD, Kim, Jeffrey J., MD, Decker, Jamie A., MD, Price, Jack F., MD, Cabrera, Antonio G., MD, Graves, Daniel E., PhD, Morales, David L.S., MD, Heinle, Jeffrey S., MD, Denfield, Susan W., MD, Dreyer, William J., MD, Rossano, Joseph W., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; charges; Child; Child, Preschool; Comorbidity; cost; Female; health care economics; heart transplantation; Heart Transplantation - economics; Hospital Charges - statistics & numerical data; Hospital Charges - trends; Hospitalization - economics; Hospitals, Pediatric - economics; Humans; Infant; Male; Medical sciences; pediatrics; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis - epidemiology; Stroke - epidemiology; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; United States; Young Adult; United States; North America; America; health care economics; charges; cost; heart transplantation; pediatrics; Human; Heart; Pediatrics; Transplantation; Hospitalization; Homotransplantation; Phlebology; Treatment; Surgery; Graft; Circulatory system; Hospital; Cardiology; Child

Background Heart transplantation remains a resource-intensive therapy for children. However, data regarding change in costs over time are scarce. We tested the hypothesis that hospital charges for pediatric heart transplant hospitalizations would increase from 1997 to 2006 and assessed factors assoc...