Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the eligible admissions for periods 1 and 2.
| Period 1 (n = 274) |
Period 2 (n = 300) |
P‐value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |||
| Age – months (median, range) | 19 (0-209) | 26 (0-224) | <0.01 |
| 0–11 months (n, %) | 102 (37%) | 73 (24%) | |
| 12–59 months (n, %) | 123 (45%) | 150 (50%) | |
| ≥60 months (n, %) | 49 (18%) | 77 (26%) | |
| Female sex (n, %) | 110 (40.1) | 114 (38.0) | 0.60 |
| With a complication (n, %) a | 61 (22.3) | 39 (13.0) | <0.01 |
| With a relevant condition (n, %) b | 94 (34.3) | 103 (34.3) | 0.99 |
| With a respiratory HRG (n, %) c | 140 (51.1) | 177 (59.0) | 0.06 |
| Requiring hospitalization in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) (n, %) | 16 (5.8) | 25 (8.3) | 0.25 |
| Length of Stay | |||
| Length of stay – days (median, range) | 2 (0-36) | 2 (0-116) | 0.23 |
| Length of stay on the acute pediatric ward – days (median, range) | 2 (0-36) | 2 (0-56) | 0.91 |
| Drug Utilization and Costs | |||
| Admissions with antivirals prescribed (n, %) | 15 (5.5) | 23 (7.7) | 0.29 |
| Admissions with oseltamivir prescribed (n, %) | 12 (4.4) | 23 (7.7) | 0.10 |
| Admissions positive for influenza with oseltamivir prescribed (n, %) | 2 (13.3) | 8 (40.0) | 0.08 |
| Admissions with antibiotics prescribed (n, %) | 97 (35.4) | 101 (33.7) | 0.66 |
| Admissions with immunoglobulins prescribed (n, %) | 7 (2.6) | 4 (1.3) | 0.29 |
| Average total drug cost (£, mean ± SD) | 145 ± 470 | 136 ± 318 | 0.78 |
| Laboratory Tests Utilization and Costs | |||
| Number of laboratory tests per admission (n, mean ± SD) | 24 ± 16 | 23 ± 17 | 0.41 |
| Number of laboratory tests per admission day (n, mean ± SD) | 13 ± 8 | 12 ± 8 | 0.11 |
| Average total test cost (£, mean ± SD) | 1,251 ± 373 | 1,219 ± 367 | 0.31 |
| Reimbursement Charges | |||
| Average reimbursement charge for the entire admission (£, mean ± SD) | 1,468 ± 2,081 | 1,444 ± 2,484 | 0.90 |
| Average reimbursement charge on the acute pediatric ward (£, mean ± SD) | 1,355 ± 1,289 | 1,399 ± 2,421 | 0.79 |
a
Complication defined as per the HRG discharge code.
b
ICD-10 codes for relevant conditions (C92, D57, D70, D73, D84, G12, G80, G93, I42, I50, I67, J18, J20, J44, J45, P27, P28, Q02, Q20, Q21, Q22, Q23, Q25, Q31, Q32, Q62, Q90, Z99). Full names can be found in Appendix 3, Supplementary Data.
c
Respiratory HRGs: PA19A, PA14E, PA12Z, PA11Z, PA15A, PA14C, PA19B, PA65A. Full names can be found in Appendix 4, Supplementary Data.