Corresponding Author: Katherine A. Auger, MD, MSc, Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, ML 9016, Cincinnati, OH 45229 (katherine.auger@cchmc.org).
Accepted for Publication: July 17, 2020.
Published Online: July 29, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.14348
Author Contributions: Dr Richardson had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs Brady, Schondelmeyer, and Thomson made equal substantial contributions to the manuscript and are co-last authors.
Concept and design: Auger, Shah, Richardson, Hartley, Hall, Warniment, Bosse, Ferris, Brady, Schondelmeyer, Thomson.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: Auger, Richardson, Timmons, Brady, Schondelmeyer.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Shah, Richardson, Hartley, Hall, Warniment, Bosse, Ferris, Brady, Schondelmeyer, Thomson.
Statistical analysis: Auger, Richardson, Hartley, Hall.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Hartley, Warniment, Timmons, Bosse, Ferris, Thomson.
Supervision: Brady, Schondelmeyer, Thomson.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
Funding/Support: Funding for this work was provided by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality awards K08HS024735 (Dr Auger), K08HS023827 (Dr Brady), K08HS026763 (Dr Schondelmeyer), and K08HS025138 (Dr Thomson) and award 5UL1TR001425-04 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institutes of Health had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Disclaimer: The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institutes of Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Children’s Hospital Association, or the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings Network.
Additional Information: Drs Richardson and Hall are affiliated with the Children’s Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas.
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