Return-to-Care After Discharge Directly Home From the PICU: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study
Discharge directly home from the PICU is common; children discharged directly home have comparable likelihood of return-to-ED or inpatient care as matched, ward-discharged peers. Discharge directly home for appropriate patients may provide increased efficiency for healthcare systems.
Authors
- Denise M. Goodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9766-9453)
- Matt Hall
- Adam Dziorny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3392-2795)
- Daniel Garros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3331-7947)
- Leslie A. Dervan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-354X)
- Colin Rogerson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5251-2399)
- Jason M. Kane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5010-3533)
- Julia A. Heneghan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-3013)
- Joseph G. Kohne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-2759)
- Nadia Roumeliotis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7463-1233)
- Vanessa Toomey
- Daniel Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4029-5117)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Hasbro Children's Hospital (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- Evanston Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Comer Children's Hospital (US)
- Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research (US)
- Children's Hospital Association (US)
- Stollery Children's Hospital (CA)
- University of Minnesota Children's Hospital (US)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- University of Rochester (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003830
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00