Childhood Opportunity Index and Low-Value Care in Children’s Hospitals
Likelihood of LVC increased across COI quintiles for 10 of 20 measures, whereas 3 measures revealed reverse trends. High volumes of LVC across quintiles support a need for broad de-implementation efforts; measures with greater impact on children with lower opportunity warrant prioritized efforts.
Authors
- Clemens Noelke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3214-0804)
- Michael J. Tchou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9710-8920)
- John R. Stephens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4174-6744)
- Irma T. Ugalde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8899-4040)
- Jennifer R. Marín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3090-664X)
- Monika Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6574-505X)
- Jessica L. Markham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1616-7721)
- Samantha A. House (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-4054)
- Jillian Mayer Cotter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7978-9045)
- Matt Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7778-5887)
- Alan R. Schroeder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9725-3279)
- Michael Steiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3199-0935)
- Rustin B. Morse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1861-222X)
- Matthew J. Molloy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6290-568X)
- Elisha McCoy
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's National (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Sisters of Mercy Health System (US)
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (US)
- Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock (US)
- Children's Hospital Association (US)
- Le Bonheur Children's Hospital (US)
- Dartmouth Health (US)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- Brandeis University (US)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2024-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-065524
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.49