Table 2. Characteristics of emergency department visits and hospitalization of 16,237 children and adolescents with pediatric chronic diseases followed in a University Hospital, according to the number of specialties/patient.

	≥3	≤2	p-value
	(n=2,016)	(n=14,221)
Emergency department visits	908 (45)	2931 (21)	<0.001
≤2 [n (%)]	502 (25)	2145 (15)	<0.001
3-6 [n (%)]	281 (14)	655 (5)	<0.001
≥7 [n (%)]	125 (6)	131 (1)	<0.001
Hospitalizations [n (%)]	700 (35)	2,133 (15)	<0.001
1 [n (%)]	268 (13)	1182 (8)	<0.001
2 [n (%)]	1,244 (6)	446 (3)	<0.001
≥3 [n (%)]	308 (15)	505 (4)	<0.001
Intensive care unit admissions [n (%)]	173 (9)	511 (4)	<0.001
1 [n (%)]	120 (6)	372 (3)	<0.001
≥2 [n (%)]	53 (3)	139 (1)	<0.001
Day hospital clinic visits [n (%)]	142 (7)	222 (2)	<0.001
Deaths	39 (2)	101 (1)	<0.001
Age at death, years	7.3±5.8	7.6±5.6	0.78

Results are presented in n (%), median (range), or mean±standard deviation.