Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, based in Hartford, and Yale New Haven Hospital are discussing a pediatric- care partnership that could extend the Hartford-based hospital’s reach into populous Fairfield County and create one of the largest children’s hospitals in the U.S.
The two health centers said officials “have agreed to discuss a partnership to create a new Connecticut and regional system of pediatric care with national prominence and deep community engagement.”
Of course, many of these young people have other health problems related to their mental illnesses, such as substance abuse. We wonder how many of these young people frequently present at the state’s Federally Qualified Health Centers.
The New Haven Register reported: “The data show five hospitals had increases of more than 12 percent in the number of days that patients with behavioral health problems were hospitalized. The biggest increases were at Yale-New Haven Hospital, which saw the number of patients rise 61 percent, and inpatient days jump 51 percent; and Waterbury Hospital, with 26 percent more patients and a 37 percent increase in inpatient days. The increase at Yale-New Haven is partly due to its merger with the Hospital of St. Raphael in 2012.”
