Trends in Congenital Heart Disease Hospitalizations: What Nearly 50 Years of Longitudinal Data and Segmented Regression Reveal
These findings challenge prevailing assumptions of increasing health care use over time among the pediatric CHD population. Given the identified breakpoints, caution is warranted when conducting comparative analyses that span these periods, as doing so may obscure meaningful shifts in underlying trends.
Authors
- P. Moons
- Kok Wai Giang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3452-1969)
- Salma Pardhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0655-5309)
- Hanna Gyllensten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6890-5162)
- Zacharias Mandalenakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5093-9743)
- Peter Eriksson
Institutions
- National Academy of Medicine (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
- Region Västra Götaland (SE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.043652
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Norges Forskningsråd
- Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd
- Terveyden Tutkimuksen Toimikunta