What are the conditions children are hospitalized for most frequently?
• Respiratory (16.8 percent) Gastrointestinal (11.9 percent) Neonates (11.9 percent) Neurological (9.8 percent) Orthopedic (6.7 percent) How are children’s hospitals different than pediatric units of adult hospitals? Children’s hospitals are the most specialized and regionalized centers of care for children in the United States. They provide the majority of highly specialized inpatient care for children with complex and rare conditions. Freestanding acute care children’s hospitals and children’s hospitals within hospitals provide: 93 percent of all pediatric cardiac surgery 98 percent of all pediatric heart or lung transplants Freestanding children’s hospitals also train one-third of all pediatricians and half of all pediatric subspecialists. Children’s hospitals serve as premiere pediatric research centers and also advocate child health protections by tackling such issues as injury prevention, child abuse and neglect and child obesity. Are children’s hospitals involved in pediatric re
