Costs of poison-related hospitalizations at an urban teaching hospital for children

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Childhood hospitalizations for poisoning have increased at a Boston, MA, hospital. Researchers at Children's Hospital reviewed poison-related hospitalizations from 1992 to 1995. There were 638 hospital admissions of children for poisoning, at a cost of almost $1 million each year. Although poisonings increased each year, children spent fewer days in the hospital, so per-child costs declined from $7,934 in 1992 to $4,968 in 1995. Acetaminophen, lead, and antidepressant medications were the most common and costly causes of poisoning.

Analysis, Causes of, Statistics, Poisoning, Accidental, Accidental poisoning, Hospital utilization, Hospital stays, Poisoning, Children's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts)

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Cystic fibrosis deaths in the United States from 1979 through 1991: an analysis using multiple-cause mortality data

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The lifespan of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) may be increasing. Researchers reviewed diagnoses on death certificates in a national database and found that 6,500 included a diagnosis of CF. The average age of death from CF was 15 years in 1979; by 1991 it had risen to 23 years. Whites had a six times higher chance of dying of CF than did blacks, which reflects the higher prevalence of CF among whites than among any other race. CF-related death rates have decreased for children ages one through 14 years.

Patient outcomes, Mortality, Cystic fibrosis

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