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Table 3.

Inpatient Health Services of Patients Enrolled in a Structured Clinical Program for Children with Medical Complexity Who Were Hospitalized Between 2006 and 2008.

Health Services (Accrued Over the 2 Year Period)	All Complex Care Patients Combined	Structured Clinical Program
Health Services (Accrued Over the 2 Year Period)	All Complex Care Patients Combined	Chicago, IL	Little Rock, AR	Boston - CCS	Boston - Rainbow	Milwaukee, WI
Mean number of hospitalizations per patient (standard deviation)	3.1 (2.8)	2.7 (2.3)	2.6 (2.4)	3.7 (3.1)	2.7 (2.5)	3.7 (3.4)
Mean length of stay per hospitalization (standard deviation)	12.2 (25.5)	12.9 (23.6)	23.1 (39.4)	8.8 (16.1)	8.5 (21.3)	8.8 (20.2)
Mean total number of hospital days for all admissions (standard deviation)	24.2 (39.5)	23.1 (33.2)	41.9 (53.3)	18.9 (29.8)	15.4 (32.5)	19.9 (36.1)
% Readmission within 30 days	25.4%	15.0%	27.5%	32.0%	24.0%	28.8%
% Admissions associated with intensive care unit services	13.2%	19.6%	13.1%	11.0%	16.0%	10.4%