Demographics, Outcomes, and Underlying Medical Conditions Among Children With LRTI Hospitalizations in Commercial and Medicaid MarketScan Databases, 2007–2011
Characteristics | Commercial | Medicaid | ||
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N = 120 516 | % of Total | N = 94 006 | % of Total | |
Median age (IQR) | 1 y (0–5) | 0 y (0–2) | ||
Gendera | ||||
Boy | 68 376 | 56.7 | 52 963 | 56.3 |
Girl | 52 140 | 43.3 | 41 026 | 43.6 |
Raceb | ||||
White | NA | — | 44 539 | 47.4 |
African American | NA | — | 25 250 | 26.9 |
Hispanic | NA | — | 7682 | 8.2 |
Other | NA | — | 16 399 | 17.4 |
Length of stay, median (IQR), d | 2 (1–3) | 2 (2–4) | ||
Outcome | ||||
Survived | 120 336 | 99.9 | 93 830 | 99.8 |
Died | 180 | 0.1 | 176 | 0.2 |
Number of previous LRTI hospitalizations | ||||
0 | 115 571 | 95.9 | 87 007 | 92.6 |
1 | 4529 | 3.8 | 6390 | 6.8 |
2 | 330 | 0.3 | 481 | 0.5 |
≥3 | 86 | 0.1 | 128 | 0.1 |
Underling medical conditions | ||||
0 | 60 580 | 50.3 | 39 406 | 41.9 |
1 | 31 477 | 26.1 | 26 823 | 28.5 |
2 | 13 378 | 11.1 | 12 076 | 12.8 |
≥3 | 9081 | 7.5 | 15 701 | 16.7 |