When the new children’s hospital opens, it will offer an opportunity to compare with previous data from Rigshospitalet and other hospitals in Denmark. Our Data Powerhouse is developing methods to evaluate Mary Elizabeths Hospital as a large-scale intervention.
Publications
Pediatric health service utilization at tertiary hospitals in Denmark 2000-2018. Madsen PV, Jensen A, Eriksson F, Stensballe LG (2024)
This study described
admissions and elective outpatient visits for 0–17-year-old patients at the
four tertiary hospitals in Denmark (Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Odense
University Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, and Aalborg University
Hospital) during 2000-2018. This was undertaken in order to describe changes
over time, and to compare the composition of contacts between hospitals. During
the study period, a substantial increase in the number of outpatient visits was
observed, mainly driven by contacts without a diagnosis of a severe chronic
disease.
Notable differences in the proportion of contacts pertaining to a
severe chronic disease, the proportion of contacts occurring at pediatric
departments, and the proportion of patients residing in the same region as the
hospital.