Abstract
ObjectivesTo describe the inpatient medical cost during hospitalization in children with status epilepticus (SE) and identify factors associated with the cost by a nationwide, multicenter study in China. Materials & methodsWe retrospectively identified pediatric inpatients with SE form Hospital Information System (HIS) of 44 hospitals in 27 provinces in China between 2013 and 2015. Inpatient medical cost and factors associated with the cost were analyzed. ResultsA total of 4041 children diagnosed with SE with inpatient medical cost were enrolled in the present study. The median age at admission was 2.9 (range 0.1–18) years, and 2271 patients were male (56.2%). The median inpatient medical cost of children with SE was $1175.5 (665.1–2320.6). The median inpatient medical cost was $3865.6 (1837.4–8210.4) in children with SRSE and $1048.6 (619.8–1865.4) in those with N-SRSE (p < 0.0001). Children with length of hospital stay (LOS) > 7 showed a much higher inpatient medical cost than those with LOS ≤ 7 day ($2300.7 vs. $767.2, p < 0.0001). Regarding different etiologies, children with acute symptomatic etiology showed the highest median inpatient medical cost of $1681.1 (901.0–3699.6), in which children with central nervous system (CNS) infection reported $2606.0 (1380.0–5016.1) and prolonged febrile seizures (PFS) reported $909.8 (649.3–1322.0). Additionally, children with idiopathic/cryptogenic etiology reported a medical cost of $923.2 (548.9–1534.5). Multiple linear regression analysis of cost-driving factors revealed LOS > 7, examinations, treatment equipment and procedures, and treatment medicines were independently associated with a higher inpatient medical cost (R2 = 60.91). In addition, PFS and idiopathic/cryptogenic epilepsy etiology were independently associated with a lower cost. ConclusionsSE in children was a cost intensive disease in China with a median inpatient medical cost of $1175.5. LOS, etiology and examinations, treatment equipment and procedures, and treatment medicines were significantly associated with inpatient medical cost.
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