The Effect of Admission Functional Independence on Early Recovery in Pediatric Traumatic and Nontraumatic Brain Injury.

Objective: To examine functional independence at admission as a predictor of outcomes during an initial inpatient hospitalization for a pediatric brain injury.

Participants: A total of 531 pediatric inpatients with traumatic (n = 298) or nontraumatic (n = 233) brain injuries.

Design: Retrospective analysis of data extracted from the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation.

Use of Post-Acute Facility Care in Children Hospitalized With Acute Respiratory Illness.

Background: Recovery from respiratory illness (RI), a common reason for hospitalization, can be protracted for some children because of high illness severity or underlying medical complexity.

Objective: We assessed which children hospitalized with RI are the most likely to use post-acute facility care (PAC) for recovery.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of 609,800 hospitalizations for patients in 43 US children's hospitals between 2010- 2015 for RI, identified with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Classification System.

Pediatric Hospital Discharges to Home Health and Postacute Facility Care: A National Study.

Importance: Acute care hospitals are challenged to provide efficient, high-quality care to children who have medically complex conditions and may require weeks or months for recovery. Although the use of home health care (HHC) and facility-based postacute care (PAC) after discharge is well documented for adults, to our knowledge, little is known for children.

Objective: To assess the national prevalence of, characteristics of children discharged to, and variation in use across states of HHC and PAC for children.