Importance Identifying high priority pediatric conditions is important for setting a research
agenda in hospital pediatrics that will benefit families, clinicians, and the health care system …

Objectives Healthcare utilization decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, likely due to
reduced transmission of infections and healthcare avoidance. Though various investigations …

Discussion| This study found an increasing share of laboratory spending that was out of
network, with both increased utilization and higher prices of out-of-network laboratory tests …

Importance Identifying conditions that could be prioritized for research based on health care
system burden is important for developing a research agenda for the care of hospitalized …

Objective Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric condition occurring across the age spectrum and
associated with great morbidity and mortality. While prospective cohorts have investigated …

Importance Severe respiratory disease declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, partially
due to decreased circulation of respiratory pathogens. However, the outcomes of children …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between a validated composite measure of
neighborhood factors, the Child Opportunity Index (COI), and emergent PICU readmission …

Objective Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) devices are classified as class II (moderate risk)
for the treatment of depressive disorders and catatonia in patients aged 13 and older, but it …

Objective To evaluate differences in emergency department (ED) utilization and subsequent
admission among children by Child Opportunity Index (COI). Methods We performed a cross …

OBJECTIVES A broad understanding of the scope of birth hospitalizations in the United
States is lacking. We aimed to describe the demographics and location of birth …