Prevalence and Costs of Five Chronic Conditions in Children

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Gabrielle F.; Coffield, Edward; Leroy, Zanie; Wallin, Robin
Titel	Prevalence and Costs of Five Chronic Conditions in Children
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 32 (2016) 5, S.357-364 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840516641190
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Chronic Illness; Health Services; Costs; Expenditures; Epilepsy; Correlation; Hypertension; Diabetes; Children; Adolescents; Infants; Toddlers; Gender Differences; Race; Ethnicity; School Nurses; Resource Allocation; Allergy; Age Differences; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Cost; Kosten; Ausgaben; Epilepsie; Korrelation; Bluthochdruck; Hypertonie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; Ressourcenallokation; Allergie; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The objective is to examine the prevalence and health-care costs associated with asthma, epilepsy, hypertension, food allergies, and diabetes in children aged 0-18 years. Prevalence was calculated using 2005-2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, a population-based, nationally representative sample. Using MEPS, two-part models estimated the cost of each condition for all children while controlling for sociodemographic categories. Prevalence rates varied by race and ethnicity across conditions. Females had higher prevalence of all chronic conditions, except epilepsy. An additional US$1,377.60-US$9,059.49 annually were spent on medical expenses for children aged 0-18 years, with asthma, diabetes, or epilepsy compared to children without these conditions. This is the first study to examine the costs and prevalence of chronic health conditions in children and adolescents using a single data set. Understanding the odds of having a condition by sociodemographic categories highlights disparities that can potentially inform school nurses on the best allocation of resources to serve students. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01