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Direct Admission to Hospital for Children in the United States

2023; American Academy of Pediatrics; Volume: 151; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1542/peds.2022-060973

1098-4275

JoAnna K. Leyenaar, Vanessa Hill, Quang Vinh Lam, Rebecca Stern, Kristin Williams Vaughan, Daniel A. Rauch, Samantha A. House, Benson Hsu, Melissa Mauro-Small, Nerian Ortiz-Mato, Charles D. Vinocur, Nicole Webb, Vanessa Hill, Kimberly Ernst, Quang Vinh Lam, Michael S. Leonard, Karen Castleberry, Nancy D. Hanson, Kristin Hittle Gigli, Barbara Romito, S. Niccole Alexander,

Child and Adolescent Health

One in four unscheduled hospital admissions for children and adolescents in the United States occurs via direct admission, defined as hospital admission without first receiving care in the hospital's emergency department. The purpose of this policy statement is to present recommendations to optimize the quality and safety of this hospital admission approach for children. Recommendations included in this policy statement provide guidance related to: (i) direct admission written guidelines, (ii) clear systems of communication between members of the health care team and with families of children requiring admission, (iii) triage systems to identify patient acuity and disease severity, (iv) identification of hospital resources needed to support direct admission systems of care, (v) consideration of patient populations that may be at increased risk of adverse outcomes during the hospital admission process, (vi) addressing the relevance of local factors and resources, and (vii) ongoing evaluation of direct admission processes and outcomes. The recommendations included in this policy statement are intended to support the implementation of safe direct admission processes and to foster awareness of outcomes associated with this common portal of hospital admission.