Guess Who's Coming to Clinic? Companions in a Pediatric Urology Clinic.

Introduction: Understanding who accompanies children to clinic visits is necessary to engage stakeholders and tailor communication and educational materials. We undertook this study to describe the clinical companions for new patients in a general pediatric urology clinic.

Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included all new urology patients aged less than 18 y at a single freestanding quaternary care children's hospital in selected months of 2019 and 2022.

Utility of Postoperative Phone Calls in Reducing Unplanned Health Care Utilization.

Introduction: Postoperative phone calls ideally proactively identify concerns. This study aimed to determine whether postoperative phone calls after elective outpatient pediatric urology surgery were associated with differences in postoperative healthcare utilization.

Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included patients undergoing elective outpatient pediatric urologic surgery in selected months of 2019-2021.