Objective To compare inpatient resource use trends for healthy children and children with
chronic health conditions of varying degrees of medical complexity. Design Retrospective
cohort analysis. Setting Twenty-eight US children's hospitals. Patients A total of 1 526 051
unique patients hospitalized from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2009, who were
assigned to 1 of 5 chronic condition groups using 3M's Clinical Risk Group software.
Intervention None. Main Outcome Measures Trends in the number of patients …