Variations in Medical Clearance Testing for Mental Health Emergency Department Visits
More than half of ED encounters for children with mental health concerns involved medical clearance testing and such practices varied across hospitals. Medical clearance testing in ED encounters for mental health-related concerns resulted in substantial and potentially unnecessary costs.
Authors
- Mohamed Eltorki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6978-0015)
- Kelly R. Bergmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-4218)
- Matt Hall
- Oluwakemi Badaki‐Makun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2302-9319)
- Mark I. Neuman
- Chris A. Rees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6449-0377)
- Daniel J. Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-1053)
- Pradip P. Chaudhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7732-632X)
- Frank González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-957X)
- Timothy T. Phamduy
- Sriram Ramgopal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-5726)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Children’s Minnesota - St. Paul Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Wright State University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Dayton Children's Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (US)
- Children's Hospital Association (US)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2025-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-071007
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25