This study aims to analyze the role of the hospital node in the acute event management of pediatric patients referred to Pediatric Palliative Care. Patients eligible for pediatric palliative care experience frequent hospitalizations. In oncology patients, hospitalizations are mainly for the treatment of the disease and the performance of diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures, whereas in the case of non-oncology children, admissions occur particularly for the occurrence of complications, which may affect different organs and systems. Hospitalization times are on average longer, so much so that in some cases they can even exceed 100 consecutive days, and have a high risk of re-hospitalization.
Living patients aged <18 years at the time of the event
Patients with conditions eligible for PPCs according to Association for Children's Palliative Care/Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health
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Patients admitted with a diagnosis for CPP-candidate diseases at the OUs involved in the study
Cohort
Other
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Quantification of the number of emergency room admissions
Number of admissions to the PS
hospital admissions of the pediatric population eligible for Pediatric Palliative Care at the OUs involved in the study.
number and duration of hospitalization episodes by year, with prevalence calculation.
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