Adenotonsillectomy
Conditions
Keywords
Quality, hospital care, adenotonsillectomy
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to interrogate the Partners for Kids (PFK) and the pediatric health information (PHIS) databases in addition to our own perioperative Nationwide Children's data base to look at outcomes, resource utilization, and cost trends for adenotonsillectomy in the nationally versus locally. The investigators also want compare Nationwide Children's to other regional and national tertiary pediatric institutions.
Interventions
Utilizing these databases to assess standards for quality of care measures in adenotonsillectomy patients.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients who undergone an adenotonsillectomy, tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy during the past 2 years (2013-2015) who have ICD-9 codes (International Classification of Diseases) in the databases
Exclusion criteria
* Non-adenotonsillectomy patients
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gather data from PHIS and contrast local databases (PFK versus Nationwide Children's) | after patient's discharge, an expected average between 6 months to 2 years | The significance is to identify outcome measures, resource utilization, and cost of adenotonsillectomy nationally as well as locally. |