Table 2 Hospital utilization for patients hospitalized with ARFID at 22 PHIS hospitals (N = 1288)
From: Pediatric hospital utilization for patients with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder
| Â | n (%) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (N = 1288; 22 hospitals) | Hospital ARFID volume | ||||
Low (n = 132; 5 hospitals) | Medium (n = 676; 13 hospitals) | High (n = 480; 4 hospitals) | |||
Length of stay (LOS), median (IQR) | 7.0 (8.0) | 6.0 (6.5) | 7.0 (7.0) | 9.0 (7.0) |  < 0.001 |
Length of stay category |  |  |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 < 4 days | 247 (19.2%) | 30 (22.7%) | 152 (22.5%) | 65 (13.5%) | |
 4–6 days | 302 (23.5%) | 38 (28.8%) | 181 (26.8%) | 83 (17.3%) | |
 7–14 days | 504 (39.1%) | 49 (37.1%) | 225 (33.3%) | 230 (47.9%) | |
 ≥ 15 days | 235 (18.3%) | 15 (11.4%) | 118 (17.5%) | 102 (21.3%) | |
ICU utilization | 27 (2.1%) | 3 (2.3%) | 19 (2.8%) | 5 (1.0%) | 0.116 |
Enteral tube feedinga | 386 (30.0%) | 23 (17.4%) | 246 (36.4%) | 117 (24.4%) |  < 0.001 |
GI imaging proceduresb | 556 (43.2%) | 49 (37.1%) | 308 (45.6%) | 199 (41.5%) | 0.128 |
 Endoscopy | 195 (15.1%) | 19 (14.4%) | 103 (15.2%) | 73 (15.2%) | 0.969 |
 Colonoscopy | 49 (3.8%) | 4 (3.0%) | 28 (4.1%) | 17 (3.5%) | 0.772 |
 Other GI imagingc | 498 (38.7%) | 45 (34.1%) | 283 (41.9%) | 170 (35.4%) | 0.045 |
Any surgical procedure | 166 (12.9%) | 17 (12.9%) | 100 (14.8%) | 49 (10.2%) | 0.072 |
Costs ($), median (IQR)d | $16,583 ($18,115) | $14,247 ($17,264) | $14,955 ($16,638) | $18,971 ($18,517) |  < 0.001 |
Readmissions within 30-days | 109 (8.5%) | 11 (8.3%) | 55 (8.1%) | 43 (9.0%) | 0.883 |