Physiological Complexity of Pediatric Surgery Between Types of Hospitals

Health Services Clinical Trial

Official title:
Incidences of Non-physiologically Complex Surgical Procedures Performed in Children and Their Similarity of Distribution Between Pediatric Specialist Hospitals and Other Hospitals Performing Pediatric Surgery

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

When considered from a provincial perspective, quantification of surgical procedures undertaken by different hospitals and healthcare networks is necessary for informing resource allocation and modelling of healthcare services. The investigators hypothesized that i) non-physiologically complex surgical procedures would account for most (>1/2) of pediatric surgical procedures performed at both pediatric specialist hospitals and the other hospitals performing pediatric surgery, ii) surgical discharges for non-physiologically complex surgical procedures would account for most (>1/2) in-hospital bed nights among pediatric surgical admissions at both pediatric specialist hospitals and the other hospitals performing pediatric surgery, and iii) the relative distributions of non-physiologically complex surgical procedures, but not physiologically complex procedures, would be at least moderately similar between pediatric specialist hospitals and the other hospitals performing pediatric surgery. To test these 3 hypotheses, the specific objectives of this study were to estimate i) the proportion (primary outcome) of non-physiologically complex pediatric surgical procedures, and ii) the similarity and diversity (secondary outcomes) of non-physiologically and physiologically complex surgical procedures between the pediatric specialist hospitals and the other hospitals performing pediatric surgery in Ontario, Canada.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Health Services

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03144544
Study type	Observational
Source	The Hospital for Sick Children
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase
Start date	May 2, 2016
Completion date	June 15, 2017

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