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Original Article

Hospitalizations in pediatric patients with immune thrombocytopenia in the United States

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Pages 472-478 | Received 01 Dec 2015, Accepted 07 Jan 2016, Published online: 04 Mar 2016

Figures & data

Table I. Estimated bleeding and infection hospitalizations in patients with ITP.

Table II. Other utilization.

Figure 1. Mean ITP hospitalization costs by (A) demographic characteristics of sex and age, (B) whether various complications occurred, (C) whether various treatments were given or interventions were performed, and (D) multivariate analysis, with incremental costs shown for factors significantly (p < 0.05) associated with higher costs. BM, bone marrow; ED, emergency department; GI, gastrointestinal; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; Ig, immunoglobulin; ITP, immune thrombocytopenia; IVIg, intravenous Ig; m, month; y, year; NA, not available; splenect, splenectomy.

Figure 1. Mean ITP hospitalization costs by (A) demographic characteristics of sex and age, (B) whether various complications occurred, (C) whether various treatments were given or interventions were performed, and (D) multivariate analysis, with incremental costs shown for factors significantly (p < 0.05) associated with higher costs. BM, bone marrow; ED, emergency department; GI, gastrointestinal; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; Ig, immunoglobulin; ITP, immune thrombocytopenia; IVIg, intravenous Ig; m, month; y, year; NA, not available; splenect, splenectomy.

Table III. Factors associated with hospitalization cost.

Supplemental material

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