Demand and Supply: Association between Pediatric Ethics Consultation Volume and Protected Time for Ethics Work.

Q1 Arts and Humanities

AJOB Empirical Bioethics Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-27 DOI:10.1080/23294515.2022.2160512

Meaghann S Weaver, Christopher Wichman, Shiven Sharma, Jennifer K Walter

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Abstract

Background: Despite national increase in pediatric ethics consultation volume over the past decade, protected time and resources for healthcare ethics consultancy work has lagged.

Methods: Correlation study investigating potential associations between ethics consult volume reported by recent national survey of consultants at children's hospitals and five programmatic domains.

Results: 104 children's hospitals in 45 states plus Washington DC were included. There was not a statistically significant association between pediatric ethics consult volume and hospital size, rurality of patient population, or number of consultants. Academically-affiliated children's hospitals had fewer ethics consults compared to nonacademically affiliated. Association was found between full-time equivalent (FTE) hours and number of ethics consults (p < 0.0001). Spearman rank correlation between ethics consult volume and FTE was 0.5.

Conclusions: While the results of this study should be interpreted with caution, investment in protected time for ethics consultancy work may translate into increased volume of pediatric ethics consults.

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需求与供给：儿科伦理咨询量与伦理工作保护时间的关系。

背景：尽管在过去十年中，全国儿科伦理咨询量有所增加，但医疗伦理咨询工作的保护时间和资源却滞后。方法：相关性研究，调查最近全国儿童医院咨询师调查报告的伦理咨询量与五个项目领域之间的潜在关联。结果：包括45个州和华盛顿特区的104家儿童医院。儿科伦理咨询量与医院规模、患者人口的农村地区或咨询人数之间没有统计学上的显著关联。与非学院附属医院相比，学院附属儿童医院的伦理咨询更少。全职当量工时（FTE）与道德咨询次数之间存在相关性（p 结论：虽然应该谨慎解读这项研究的结果，但对伦理咨询工作的保护时间的投资可能会增加儿科伦理咨询的数量。

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AJOB Empirical Bioethics Arts and Humanities-Philosophy

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