| Inpatient capacity at children's hospitals during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, United States. | |
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PMID: 21888795 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Quantifying how close hospitals came to exhausting capacity during the outbreak of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 can help the health care system plan for more virulent pandemics. This ecologic analysis used emergency department (ED) and inpatient data from 34 US children's hospitals. For the 11-week pandemic (H1N1) 2009 period during fall 2009, inpatient occupancy reached 95%, which was lower than the 101% occupancy during the 2008-09 seasonal influenza period. Fewer than 1 additional admission per 10 inpatient beds would have caused hospitals to reach 100% occupancy. Using parameters based on historical precedent, we built 5 models projecting inpatient occupancy, varying the ED visit numbers and admission rate for influenza-related ED visits. The 5 scenarios projected median occupancy as high as 132% of capacity. The pandemic did not exhaust inpatient bed capacity, but a more virulent pandemic has the potential to push children's hospitals past their maximum inpatient capacity. |
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Marion R Sills; Matthew Hall; Evan S Fieldston; Paul D Hain; Harold K Simon; Thomas V Brogan; Daniel B Fagbuyi; Michael B Mundorff; Samir S Shah |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
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Title: Emerging infectious diseases Volume: 17 ISSN: 1080-6059 ISO Abbreviation: Emerging Infect. Dis. Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-09-05 Completed Date: 2012-02-23 Revised Date: 2013-05-23 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9508155 Medline TA: Emerg Infect Dis Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1685-91 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. marion.sills@childrenscolorado.org |
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Adolescent Bed Occupancy / statistics & numerical data* Child Child, Preschool Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data* Humans Infant Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype* Influenza, Human / epidemiology* Pandemics* United States / epidemiology |
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5R03HS016418/HS/AHRQ HHS; K01 AI73729/AI/NIAID NIH HHS |
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Journal Information Journal ID (nlm-ta): Emerg Infect Dis Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Emerging Infect. Dis Journal ID (publisher-id): EID ISSN: 1080-6040 ISSN: 1080-6059 Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Article Information Print publication date: Month: 9 Year: 2011 Volume: 17 Issue: 9 First Page: 1685 Last Page: 1691 ID: 3320222 PubMed Id: 21888795 Publisher Id: 10-1950 DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.101950 |
| Inpatient Capacity at Children’s Hospitals during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Outbreak, United States Alternate Title:Inpatient Capacity at Children’s Hospitals | |
| Marion R. Sills | |
| Matthew Hall | |
| Evan S. Fieldston | |
| Paul D. Hain | |
| Harold K. Simon | |
| Thomas V. Brogan | |
| Daniel B. Fagbuyi | |
| Michael B. Mundorff | |
| Samir S. Shah | |
| Author affiliations: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA (M.R. Sills); |
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| Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora (M.R. Sills); |
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| Child Health Corporation of America, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA (M. Hall); |
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| University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (E.S. Fieldston, S.S. Shah); Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia (E.S. Fieldston, S.S. Shah); |
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| Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (P.D. Hain); |
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| Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (H.K. Simon); |
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| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta (H.K. Simon); Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA (T.V. Brogan); |
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| University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (T.V. Brogan); |
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| The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA (D.B. Fagbuyi); |
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| Children's National Medical Center, Washington (D.B. Fagbuyi); |
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| Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (M.B. Mundorff) |
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Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Compare the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic with past influenza pandemics
- Evaluate the occupancy of children’s hospitals in the United States during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
- Analyze the relative effects of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic on emergency departments and inpatient services
- Distinguish the number of additional admissions required in 2009 to push the children’s hospital system to full capacity.
Karen Foster, Technical Writer/Editor, Emerging Infectious Diseases. Disclosure: Karen Foster has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Charles P. Vega, MD, Associate Professor; Residency Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine. Disclosure: Charles P. Vega, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Disclosures: Matthew Hall, PhD; Evan S. Fieldston, MD, MBA, MSHP; Paul D. Hain, MD; Thomas V. Brogan, MD; and Michael B. Mundorff, MBA, MHSA, have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Marion R. Sills, MD, MPH, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: received grants for clinical research from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Harold K. Simon, MD, MBA, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: received grants for clinical research from Baxter International Inc. (rehydration clinical trial); AspenBio Pharma, Inc (appendicitis screening); National Institutes of Health (progesterone planning trial through the Pediatric Applied Research Network), all through Emory University. Daniel B. Fagbuyi, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: owns stock, stock options, or bonds from Medco Health Solutions, Inc.; Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: received grants for clinical research from National Institutes of Health; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Suggested citation for this article: Sills MR, Hall M, Fieldston ES, Hain PD, Simon HK, Brogan TV, et al. Inpatient capacity at children’s hospitals during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, United States. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Sep [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.101950
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Keywords: Keywords: hospital bed capacity, influenza A virus, (H1N1) subtype, pandemic (H1N1) 2009, child, pandemic, United States, viruses, research. |
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