Nonmedical expenses of pediatric hospitalizations have disproportionate effects
1. Caregivers of hospitalized children had median nonmedical expenses and lost wages totaling $51.4 per day of hospitalization. 2. Cost...
Mental health parity law associated with financial protection for children
1. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) was associated with lower average out-of-pocket (OOP) spending on mental...
Abstinence from substance use among adolescents is increasing
1. In a nationally representative survey of American adolescents, there was a fivefold increase in prevalence of lifetime abstinence from...
Nearly Half of All Pediatric Buprenorphine Exposures Result in Hospitalization
1. The majority of buprenorphine exposures in children 19 years and younger reported to the National Poison Data System (NPDS)...
Surveillance of DTaP Vaccines Reveals No New Safety Concerns
1. Surveillance of adverse events after diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine administration reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)...
Adolescent mothers in protective care more likely to have their children placed in care
1. Children born to adolescent mothers in the care of child protection services (CPS) were more likely to be taken...
Children’s hospital visits for suicide ideation and attempts are increasing
1. The percentage of patients seen at children’s hospital for suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SA) more than doubled...
Transgender youth found to have higher rates of mental health disorders
1. Transgender and/or gender nonconforming (TGNC) children and adolescents had higher prevalence of mental health disorders compared to their cisgender...
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