Characteristics, disposition, and outcomes of children hospitalized for mental health boarding at a children's hospital

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Increasingly, youth experiencing mental health crises present to acute care medical hospitals and "board" on medical units due to inpatient psychiatric bed shortages. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of children experiencing mental health boarding at a US children's hospital from October 2020 to September 2022. We examined associations between patients' characteristics and their disposition and outcomes. Our cohort included 1891 boarding hospitalizations: 53.9% transferred to an inpatient psychiatric hospital and 46.1% discharged home. Characteristics associated with not being transferred to an inpatient psychiatric hospital included age <13 years (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.6; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.4-0.7), disruptive or aggressive behavior (aOR 0.6; 95% CI: 0.4-0.8), psychosis (aOR 0.5; 95% CI: 0.3-0.8), COVID-19 infection (aOR 0.3; 95% CI: 0.2-0.6), or a complex chronic medical condition (aOR 0.8; 95% CI: 0.6-1.0). Our findings suggest that certain populations of children experiencing mental health boarding face disparate access to inpatient psychiatric care.

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CommentIn: J Hosp Med. 2023 Dec;18(12):1158-1159. - PMID 38010297

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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Journal of hospital medicine - 18(2023), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1113-1117

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dalton, Evan M [VerfasserIn]
Krass, Polina [VerfasserIn]
Bouchelle, Zoe [VerfasserIn]
Fillmore, Adam [VerfasserIn]
Katz, Tanner [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Camacho, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Candon, Molly [VerfasserIn]
Kane, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Doupnik, Stephanie K [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 05.12.2023

Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Hosp Med. 2023 Dec;18(12):1158-1159. - PMID 38010297

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jhm.13228

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NLM363625666