Table 1.
Health Resource Use Measures
| Readmission*
(N=14) |
Medications (N=2) |
Cost (N=2) |
Decannulation (N=1) |
New Technology (N=1) |
Resource Utilization (N=1) |
Feeding Tube (N=1) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method of Assessment | |||||||
| Chart Review | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| In-person | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phone Interview | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not specified | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Source of data | |||||||
| Medical record | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parent/guardian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Patient/clinician | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not specified | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Number of time points evaluated, Median (IQR) | 1.0 (1.0–1.0) |
1.0 (1.0–1.0) |
1.5 (1.0–2.0) |
--- | 1.0 (1.0–1.0) |
1.0 (1.0–1.0) |
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| Anchor point of outcome | |||||||
| Hospital discharge | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ICU discharge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hospital or ICU admission | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not specified | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final post-discharge time point | |||||||
| 3 months | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| >9 to 12 months | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| >12 to 18 months | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| >18 to 24 months | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| >36 months | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not specified | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The number of methods of assessment and source of data may not equal the total number of studies utilizing that instrument as each measure could have used multiple methods or sources. IQR: interquartile range; ICU: intensive care unit.
*
Readmission includes Emergency Department visits and hospital readmissions