Hospitalists' Perceptions of Pediatric Mental Health Boarding: Quality of Care and Moral Distress.

Background: Acute care hospitals increasingly provide care for youth experiencing mental health crises while they await transfer for psychiatric hospitalization. To inform quality improvement efforts, we aimed to characterize hospitalists' perceptions of health care quality during pediatric mental health boarding and their experiences of moral distress in caring for this population.

Methods: In March 2021, we conducted a web-based survey of hospitalists who participate in the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) network.