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Table 2 Health and health care characteristics of patients identified by correctional/family keywords and all patients (ages 0–21) in electronic health record (EHR) database from February 2006–2020

From: Unjust: the health records of youth with personal/family justice involvement in a large pediatric health system

Health Diagnoses, Health Characteristics, and Health Care Use

Patients with Correctional Keywords in the EHR

n = 51,855

All Patients in Database

N = 2,337,632

% of All Patients with Correctional Keyword*

(na/nb)

 

na

%

nb

%

%

Physical Health

Acute upper respiratory infection-related

20,740

40.00%

194,575

8.30%

10.66%

Allergic rhinitis-related

11,572

22.32%

86,781

3.70%

13.33%

Anemia-related

6636

12.80%

18,682

0.80%

35.52%

Mild intermittent asthma-related

12,781

24.65%

120,353

5.10%

10.62%

Cardiac murmur-related

2533

4.88%

28,589

1.20%

8.86%

Congenital heart disease-related

222

0.43%

2732

0.12%

8.13%

Dermatitis-related

16,559

31.93%

130,379

5.60%

12.70%

Developmental disorders of speech and language - related

261

0.50%

1537

< 0.001

16.98%

Elevated blood-pressure reading –related

3625

6.99%

21,724

0.92%

16.69%

Failure to thrive - related

3456

6.66%

27,336

1.20%

12.64%

Obesity- related

8514

16.42%

65,976

2.80%

12.90%

Otitis media-related

19,232

37.09%

215,198

9.20%

8.94%

Overweight- related

3995

7.70%

28,613

1.20%

13.96%

Psychiatric Health

Alcohol disorder-related

191

0.37%

445

0.02%

42.92%

Adjustment disorder-related disorders

4567

8.81%

15,916

0.68%

28.69%

Anxiety related disorders

11,799

22.75%

64,224

2.70%

18.37%

Attention-deficit & hyper related disorders

13,151

25.36%

57,886

2.50%

22.72%

Bipolar -related

1884

3.63%

6921

0.30%

27.22%

Cannabis disorder -related

672

1.30%

1015

0.04%

66.21%

Conduct disorder- related

5952

11.48%

18,254

0.80%

32.61%

Major depressive- related

7194

13.87%

25,048

1.10%

28.72%

Nicotine disorder -related

79

0.15%

167

0.01%

47.31%

Psychosis related

836

1.61%

2222

0.10%

37.62%

Post-traumatic stress-related

4121

7.95%

8618

0.37%

47.82%

Substance use disorder - related

173

0.33%

321

0.01%

53.89%

Suicide or suicidal - related

7021

13.54%

21,408

0.92%

32.80%

Trauma-related disorder -related

1260

2.43%

2431

0.10%

51.83%

Social and Environmental

 Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)

4291

8.27%

21,042

0.90%

20.39%

 Screening for STIs (Z11.3)

2284

4.40%

18,309

0.80%

12.47%

 Encounter for routine child health examination with abnormal findings (Z00.121)

4944

9.53%

32,805

1.40%

15.07%

 Unspecified lack of expected physiological development (R62.50)

2895

5.58%

21,739

0.90%

13.32%

 Child in welfare custody (Z62.21)

1836

3.54%

4424

0.20%

41.50%

 Caregiver refusal of immunization (Z28.82)

1329

2.56%

8144

0.30%

16.32%

Health Care Use**

 Level 4 Office Visit (CPT 99214)- Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, which requires at least 2 of the 3 CPT qualifying components.

30,139

58.14%

292,761

12.5%

10.29%

 Level 5 Emergency Department Visit (CPT 99285): Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires these 3 key components within the constraints imposed by the urgency of the patient’s clinical condition and/or mental status.

20,825

40.17%

161,713

6.90%

12.88%

  1. Notes: Authors’ analysis of electronic health record data of a large Midwestern pediatric hospital-based institution. (N = 2.3 million unique patients ages 0–21 years). Correctional query words algorithm used in keyword supported search: (“incarcerated” OR “imprisoned” OR “jail” OR “prison” OR “sentenced” OR “parole” OR “probation”). All patient health characteristics are represented International Classification of Diseases Version 9 or Version 10 codes and the italicized words indicate the diagnostic keyword searched within the medical record unless the specific ICD/CPT code is listed. Diagnostic codes and characteristics are not mutually exclusive. *Number of patients with the given health characteristic and correctional keyword out of the total population. **Healthcare utilization was determined by current procedural terminology (CPT) codes