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Catherine DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Alain Joffe, MD, MPH; Modena Wilson, MD, MPH; English Willis, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1983;137(12):1146-1149.

Abstract
• We identified, by diagnostic categories, the iatrogenic and financial costs that arise from hospitalizing febrile infants 60 days of age or younger. Thirty-seven (19.5%) of all admissions resulted in 48 separate complications. Twenty-nine (60.4%) of these complications were preventable, and six complications (12.5%) occurred in infants who probably did not require hospitalization for therapy. Twenty-four (50%) of all complications resulted from intravenous therapy. In addition to the complications, 26 diagnostic misadventures were identified. The average length of hospitalization for all infants was 7.0 days, with a range of two to 28 days. The average cost of hospitalization in 1979-80 dollars was $2,130 per infant, with a range from $6,345 for those infants with bacterial meningitis to $1,480 for those infants with aseptic meningitis. On the average, 25.6% of the bill was for diagnostic studies and 8.3% for physician fees.

(Am J Dis Child 1983;137:1146-1149)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 (Dr DeAngelis).

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