2 new studies show hospitalization rates of kids in 2 CA hospitals overestimated by at least 40% Why? "incidental diagnosis" eg, child at hosp for fracture, gets routine covid test, is (+) but asymptomatic. Incorrectly counted as hospitalized *for* covidhttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/study-number-of-kids-hospitalized-for-covid-is-overcounted.html …
Copy of response to Berenson because he, as usual, misrepresented so it's here: "Adults are a much larger and diverse category compared to children. That’s how they’re different—harder to sort through due to sheer size if nothing else."
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More “diverse” = more reasons to be hospitalized that are completely unrelated to circumstantial nasopharyngeal PCR positivity detected by universal screening at admission. Only 3 main reasons you should be admitted “for” - severe pneumonia, ARDS, pulmonary embolism.
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Hospital codes are messy but can be sorted through. (Your list would limit to severe/advanced cases, there's dyspnea, fever etc.) Plus the guideline, of course, has ways to distinguish primary diagnoses. (I'm not asserting anything about the practice). https://www.aha.org/system/files/media/file/2020/04/ICD10CMCodingforCOVID19FINALHandoutsandCE_1.pdf …
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