Association Between Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders and Hospital Resource Use in Physically Ill Pediatric Inpatients: A Case-Matched Analysis

OBJECTIVE: To understand differences in hospital length of stay and costs associated with the presence of a comorbid psychiatric disorder among physically ill inpatients within a publicly funded pediatric hospital. METHOD: This was a retrospective observational design using administrative data on physically ill inpatients 2 to 18 years old who were admitted over a 5-year period (n = 54,316 admissions). Records with (n = 4,953) and without (n = …