Application Case 1 - Aging the Pediatric Patient (Part 1)

Department of Health Informatics

Health Information Management Program

BINF 5520 Health Analytics

Written Assignment – Week 2

Calculating Age Cohorts of the Pediatric Patient in an Ambulatory Setting

The purpose of this assignment is to provide HIM students with an opportunity to develop a framework for analyzing data originating within a Pediatric Inpatient Setting, where the HIM Professional may encounter a wide range of patient ages, from nearly newborn thru nearly young adult.

Please read the article contained in this link and answer the following questions:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1399-5448.2002.30103.x/abstract

1. What factors do you believe influenced the decision of the authors to use the pediatric age cohorts that they selected?

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2. The article abstract cited a “significant and consistent reduction in mean HbA1c levels after 12 months of CSII” among all three age cohorts. What clinical factors do you think may have contributed to a larger decrease in mean HbA1c levels between the “Preschoolers” and the “Adolescents” in this study?

3. Do you agree or disagree with the designations that the authors chose for the three pediatric age cohorts? Do you believe that the language chosen by the authors is sufficiently inclusive?

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