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Demographic and Risk Factor Differences between Children with “One-Time” and “Repeat” Visits to the Emergency Department for Asthma

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  • Pavani Rangachari

    (Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA)

  • Jie Chen

    (Division of Biostatistics and Data Science, Department of Population Health Sciences, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA)

  • Nishtha Ahuja

    (Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA)

  • Anjeli Patel

    (Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA)

  • Renuka Mehta

    (Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA)

Abstract

This retrospective study examines demographic and risk factor differences between children who visited the emergency department (ED) for asthma once (“one-time”) and more than once (“repeat”) over an 18-month period at an academic medical center. The purpose is to contribute to the literature on ED utilization for asthma and provide a foundation for future primary research on self-management effectiveness (SME) of childhood asthma. For the first round of analysis, an 18-month retrospective chart review was conducted on 252 children (0–17 years) who visited the ED for asthma in 2019–2020, to obtain data on demographics, risk factors, and ED visits for each child. Of these, 160 (63%) were “one-time” and 92 (37%) were “repeat” ED patients. Demographic and risk factor differences between “one-time” and “repeat” ED patients were assessed using contingency table and logistic regression analyses. A second round of analysis was conducted on patients in the age-group 8–17 years to match another retrospective asthma study recently completed in the outpatient clinics at the same (study) institution. The first-round analysis indicated that except age , none of the individual demographic or risk factors were statistically significant in predicting of “repeat” ED visits. More unequivocally, the second-round analysis revealed that none of the individual factors examined (including age , race , gender , insurance , and asthma severity , among others) were statistically significant in predicting “repeat” ED visits for childhood asthma. A key implication of the results therefore is that something other than the factors examined is driving “repeat” ED visits in children with asthma. In addition to contributing to the ED utilization literature, the results serve to corroborate findings from the recent outpatient study and bolster the impetus for future primary research on SME of childhood asthma.

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  • Pavani Rangachari & Jie Chen & Nishtha Ahuja & Anjeli Patel & Renuka Mehta, 2021. "Demographic and Risk Factor Differences between Children with “One-Time” and “Repeat” Visits to the Emergency Department for Asthma," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-16, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:2:p:486-:d:477416
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    1. Pavani Rangachari & Kathleen R. May & Lara M. Stepleman & Martha S. Tingen & Stephen Looney & Yan Liang & Nicole Rockich-Winston & R. Karl Rethemeyer, 2019. "Measurement of Key Constructs in a Holistic Framework for Assessing Self-Management Effectiveness of Pediatric Asthma," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-25, August.
    2. Pavani Rangachari & Dixie D. Griffin & Santu Ghosh & Kathleen R. May, 2020. "Demographic and Risk-Factor Differences between Users and Non-Users of Unscheduled Healthcare among Pediatric Outpatients with Persistent Asthma," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-12, April.
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    1. Pavani Rangachari & Imran Parvez & Audrey-Ann LaFontaine & Christopher Mejias & Fahim Thawer & Jie Chen & Niharika Pathak & Renuka Mehta, 2023. "Effect of Disease Severity, Age of Child, and Clinic No-Shows on Unscheduled Healthcare Use for Childhood Asthma at an Academic Medical Center," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-25, January.

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