Patient and economic impact of implementing a paediatric sepsis pathway in emergency departments in Queensland, Australia.
Sci Rep
; 12(1): 10113, 2022 06 16.
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ABSTRACT
We examined systems-level costs before and after the implementation of an emergency department paediatric sepsis screening, recognition and treatment pathway. Aggregated hospital admissions for all children aged < 18y with a diagnosis code of sepsis upon admission in Queensland, Australia were compared for 16 participating and 32 non-participating hospitals before and after pathway implementation. Monte Carlo simulation was used to generate uncertainty intervals. Policy impacts were estimated using difference-in-difference analysis comparing observed and expected results. We compared 1055 patient episodes before (77.6% in-pathway) and 1504 after (80.5% in-pathway) implementation. Reductions were likely for non-intensive length of stay (- 20.8 h [- 36.1, - 8.0]) but not intensive care (-9.4 h [- 24.4, 5.0]). Non-pathway utilisation was likely unchanged for interhospital transfers (+ 3.2% [- 5.0%, 11.4%]), non-intensive (- 4.5 h [- 19.0, 9.8]) and intensive (+ 7.7 h, [- 20.9, 37.7]) care length of stay. After difference-in-difference adjustment, estimated savings were 596 [277, 942] non-intensive and 172 [148, 222] intensive care days. The program was cost-saving in 63.4% of simulations, with a mean value of $97,019 [- $857,273, $1,654,925] over 24 months. A paediatric sepsis pathway in Queensland emergency departments was associated with potential reductions in hospital utilisation and costs.
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Asunto principal:
Sepsis
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
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En
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Sci Rep
Año:
2022
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Article