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BMJ Open ; 14(4): e078566, 2024 Apr 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38670620

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OBJECTIVE: To compare health outcomes and costs given in the emergency department (ED) and walk-in clinics for ambulatory children presenting with acute respiratory diseases. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study. SETTING: This study was conducted from April 2016 to March 2017 in one ED and one walk-in clinic. The ED is a paediatric tertiary care centre, and the clinic has access to lab tests and X-rays. PARTICIPANTS: Inclusion criteria were children: (1) aged from 2 to 17 years old and (2) discharged home with a diagnosis of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), pneumonia or acute asthma. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome measure was the proportion of patients returning to any ED or clinic within 3 and 7 days of the index visit. The secondary outcome measures were the mean cost of care estimated using time-driven activity-based costing and the incidence of antibiotic prescription for URTI patients. RESULTS: We included 532 children seen in the ED and 201 seen in the walk-in clinic. The incidence of return visits at 3 and 7 days was 20.7% and 27.3% in the ED vs 6.5% and 11.4% in the clinic (adjusted relative risk at 3 days (aRR) (95% CI) 3.17 (1.77 to 5.66) and aRR at 7 days 2.24 (1.46 to 3.44)). The mean cost (95% CI) of care (CAD) at the index visit was $C96.68 (92.62 to 100.74) in the ED vs $C48.82 (45.47 to 52.16) in the clinic (mean difference (95% CI): 46.15 (41.29 to 51.02)). Antibiotic prescription for URTI was less common in the ED than in the clinic (1.5% vs 16.4%; aRR 0.10 (95% CI 0.03 to 0.32)). CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of return visits and cost of care were significantly higher in the ED, while antibiotic use for URTI was more frequent in the walk-in clinic. These data may help determine which setting offers the highest value to ambulatory children with acute respiratory conditions.


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Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência , Infecções Respiratórias , Humanos , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência/estatística & dados numéricos , Criança , Estudos Retrospectivos , Feminino , Masculino , Pré-Escolar , Quebeque , Adolescente , Infecções Respiratórias/economia , Infecções Respiratórias/epidemiologia , Infecções Respiratórias/tratamento farmacológico , Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial/estatística & dados numéricos , Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial/economia , Asma/tratamento farmacológico , Asma/economia , Assistência Ambulatorial/estatística & dados numéricos , Assistência Ambulatorial/economia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Antibacterianos/economia , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Pneumonia/epidemiologia , Pneumonia/economia , Pneumonia/tratamento farmacológico
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