Identification of hospitalized tracheostomy and ventilator dependent patients in administrative data.
Barbara K GiambraColleen MangeotDan T BenscoterMaria T BrittoPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2018)
This new algorithm can be used to reliably identify and further study healthcare utilization by this population of patients with established tracheostomy and ventilator dependence. In addition, future work can determine the applicability of this algorithm to other administrative datasets.