Sriram Ramgopal

Feb 22, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Daniel Shapiro |Matt Hall |Sriram Ramgopal |Elizabeth R. Alpern

Background Although characteristics of preventable hospitalizations for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) have been described, less is known about patterns of emergency and other acute care utilization for ACSCs among children who are not hospitalized. We sought to describe patterns of utilization for ACSCs according to the initial site of care and to determine characteristics associated with seeking initial care in an acute care setting rather than in an office.

Nov 9, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sriram Ramgopal |Christopher Horvat |Michelle L. Macy |Rebecca E. Cash

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Jun 5, 2023 | tandfonline.com | Sylvia Owusu-Ansah |Sriram Ramgopal

AbstractObjective Asthma represents one of the most common medical conditions among children encountered by emergency medical services (EMS). While care disparities for children with asthma have been observed in other healthcare settings, limited data exist characterizing disparities in prehospital care.

Feb 21, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sriram Ramgopal |Jonathan Rodean |Elizabeth R. Alpern |Matt Hall

Eligibility criteria We included ED encounters for children discharged from the ED. For multiple encounters clustered within a 7-day period, we included the first encounter as the index visit and all subsequent encounters were considered secondary outcomes. We additionally excluded ED encounters resulting in hospitalization (including those defined as observation status7) or transfer to another institution and those for whom no index visit discharge diagnosis code was provided.