National Patterns of Outpatient Follow-Up Visits After Emergency Care for Acute Bronchiolitis

Daniel J Shapiro; Florence T Bourgeois; Andrew M Fine; Adam L Hersh; Eric R Coon; Mark I Neuman; Ann Chen Wu

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40082

National Patterns of Outpatient Follow-Up Visits After Emergency Care for Acute Bronchiolitis

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 2;6(10):e2340082. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40082.

Authors

Daniel J Shapiro¹, Florence T Bourgeois², Andrew M Fine³, Adam L Hersh⁴, Eric R Coon⁵, Mark I Neuman³, Ann Chen Wu⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
⁶ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study examines the frequency of postdischarge follow-up visits among US emergency department encounters for bronchiolitis and assesses whether follow-up was associated with decreased hospital reutilization or increased treatment with nonrecommended medications.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Bronchiolitis* / epidemiology
Bronchiolitis* / therapy
Emergency Medical Services*
Emergency Service, Hospital
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Outpatients

Grants and funding

T32 HS000063/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States