Who gets hospitalized in a continuum of care?
OBJECTIVE
To compare children and adolescents hospitalized under a continuum of care with those hospitalized under traditional insurance coverage.


METHODS
With comprehensive data, logistic regressions were used to predict hospitalization and to identify its determinants.


RESULTS
As expected, the probability of being hospitalized was much higher under traditional care. In addition, the predictors of hospitalization differed by site. Accuracy of predictions was high.


CONCLUSIONS
Different kinds of children were hospitalized under a continuum of care than under a traditional insurance system. Hospitalizations under both systems were highly predictable.
Bickman
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Foster
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Lambert
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003363:Cost Control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007358:Insurance, Psychiatric / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011336:Probability; D012044:Regression Analysis