Table 1.
Participant Gender and Index Child Health care Utilization Expressed as Median (Q1–Q3); Kruskal–Wallis Tests
| Characteristic | Overall N = 15 |
Group | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well child N = 5 |
Child with medical complexity N = 5 |
Child with palliative care N = 5 |
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| Child sex, n (%) | 0.80a | ||||
| Female | 6 (40%) | 1 (20%) | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | |
| Male | 9 (60%) | 4 (80%) | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) | |
| Child race, n (%) | |||||
| African American/Black | 10 (67) | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | 5 (100) | |
| White | 4 (27) | 2 (40) | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | |
| Multiracial | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Child primary medical condition, n (%) | |||||
| Neurological | 3 (20) | 1 (20) | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | |
| Chromosomal/genetic | 4 (27) | 1 (20 | 3 (60) | 0 (0) | |
| Prematurity | 2 (13) | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Neurodegenerative | 1 (7) | 1 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| None (well child) | 5 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | |
| Child age (years), median (Q1, Q3) | 11.1 (6.0, 15.0) | 13.9 (10.4, 15.0) | 11.1 (6.0, 11.5) | 8.4 (1.6, 15.0) | 0.40b |
| Number of appointments, median (Q1, Q3) | 24 (10, 34) | 4 (3, 10) | 26 (24, 32) | 43 (33, 48) | 0.007b,* |
| Number of ED visits, median (Q1, Q3) | 2 (0, 6) | 2 (0, 6) | 0 (0, 0) | 5 (4, 8) | 0.093b |
| Number of admissions, median (Q1, Q3) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 2 (1, 2) | 0.019b,* |
| Length of stay (days), median (Q1, Q3) | 0 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 4 (3, 5) | 0.016b,* |
| Number of ICU admissions, median (Q1, Q3) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 1) | 0.12b |
| ICU length of stay (days), median (Q1, Q3) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 1) | 0.12b |
a
Fisher’s exact test.
b
Kruskal–Wallis rank sum test.
*
Significant at p ≤ 0.05.