Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) state level surveillance data are limited. We performed a retrospective review of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations from individuals with SCD in Illinois (2016–2020) using the Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s Comparative Health Care and Hospital Data Reporting Services. There were 48,094 outpatient ED visits and 31,686 hospitalizations. Most visits (67%) occurred in Cook County, were covered by public insurance (77%) and were from individuals with medium high (40.3%) or high (36.1%) poverty levels. SCD healthcare utilization remains high and surveillance data may inform SCD program development and resource allocation at the state level. Abbreviations CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ED Emergency Department FDA Food & Drug Administration ICD International Classification of Diseases IL Illinois SCD Sickle cell disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 70-75 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Pediatric Hematology and Oncology |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2023 |
Funding
This project was partially supported by a grant (K23HL150232, PI: Badawy) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The support from this grant was only for the protected research time that allowed this author (Sherif M. Badawy) to contribute to this work. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Keywords
- Healthcare utilization
- poverty
- sickle cell disease
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health