PEDSnet Production Database (2025-04)

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2025-01

Data Collection

2025-01 - 2025-03

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PEDSnet Common Data Model, v5.7
(2025-02-25) PEDSnet Data Coordinating Center
This document provides the ETL processing assumptions and conventions developed by the PEDSnet data partners that a data partner should use to ensure common ETL business rules.

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PEDSnet production database containing de-identified aggregate electronic healthcare information for ten contributing pediatric healthcare institutions. This database corresponds to Version 5.7 of the PEDSnet data model.

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This database uses the PEDSnet Common Data Model and consists of 24 tables that represent over 14 million patients. PEDSnet’s data network is one of the valuable resources it brings to accelerating the study of child health. The PEDSnet Coordinating Center partners with the informatics teams at each PEDSnet institution to continually assess current network data and strengthen the data infrastructure for a wide range of studies.

PEDSnet Database Population
Total Database Population
Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
N=5,703,384 N=15,015,105

Total Database Population
Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
N=5,502,863 N=14,266,572

Database Population by Collaborating Institution
Institution Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
CCHMC 518,151 (9.4%) 1,090,047 (7.6%)
CHOP 690,697 (12.6%) 1,664,458 (11.7%)
Colorado 434,461 (7.9%) 1,395,086 (9.8%)
Lurie 302,830 (5.5%) 984,225 (6.9%)
National 650,142 (11.8%) 1,680,087 (11.8%)
Nationwide 485,087 (8.8%) 1,138,145 (8.0%)
Nemours 692,278 (12.6%) 1,852,974 (13.0%)
Seattle 245,093 (4.5%) 859,788 (6.0%)
Stanford 354,344 (6.4%) 876,281 (6.1%)
Texas 1,129,780 (20.5%) 2,725,481 (19.1%)

Age at first Visit
Age (in years) Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
0 2,572,896 (46.8%) 4,705,951 (33.0%)
1 - 4 1,258,963 (22.9%) 3,195,992 (22.4%)
5 - 11 978,192 (17.8%) 3,119,302 (21.9%)
12 - 17 419,117 (7.6%) 1,944,787 (13.6%)
18 - 24 55,717 (1.0%) 313,021 (2.2%)
25+ 217,978 (4.0%) 959,816 (6.7%)
Mean 4.9 7.5
Median [Q1, Q3] 1.3 [0.0, 6.6] 3.7 [0.4, 11.1]

Age at Last Visit
Age (in years) Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
0 324,258 (5.9%) 903,843 (6.3%)
1 - 4 1,142,258 (20.8%) 2,690,611 (18.9%)
5 - 11 1,787,033 (32.5%) 3,969,224 (27.8%)
12 - 17 1,446,719 (26.3%) 3,785,470 (26.5%)
18 - 24 485,595 (8.8%) 1,669,617 (11.7%)
25+ 317,000 (5.8%) 1,220,104 (8.6%)
Mean 11.2 12.5
Median [Q1, Q3] 9.9 [4.6, 15.6] 11.2 [4.9, 17.1]

Duration of Follow-up (in years)
Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
Mean 7.8 7.2
Median [Q1, Q3] 6.8 [3.1, 11.8] 6.0 [2.5, 11.1]

Duration of Follow-up for All Chronic Patients (in years)
Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
Mean 7.9 7.2
Median [Q1, Q3] 6.9 [3.2, 12.0] 6.0 [2.5, 11.3]

Year of Cohort Entry
Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
Mean 2017 2015
Median [Q1, Q3] 2018 [2013, 2022] 2015 [2011, 2019]

Insurance
Payer Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
Medicare/Medicaid 1,635,194 (29.7%) 3,976,139 (27.9%)
Private 2,639,882 (48.0%) 6,914,510 (48.5%)
Other/Unknown 1,227,787 (22.3%) 3,375,923 (23.7%)

Medical Complexity
PMCA Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
Complex Chronic (malignant, progressive, or 2+ body systems) 491,360 (8.9%) 722,557 (5.1%)
Noncomplex Chronic 784,980 (14.3%) 1,234,295 (8.7%)
No Chronic Disorders 4,226,523 (76.8%) 12,282,017 (86.1%)


Demographics
Sex Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
Female 2,779,381 (50.5%) 7,202,600 (50.5%)
Male 2,722,463 (49.5%) 7,049,052 (49.4%)

Race Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
American Indian or Alaska Native 17,919 (0.3%) 47,866 (0.3%)
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 329,449 (6.0%) 744,846 (5.2%)
Black/African American 939,968 (17.1%) 2,182,847 (15.3%)
White 2,901,233 (52.7%) 7,598,487 (53.3%)
Multiple race 220,361 (4.0%) 460,030 (3.2%)
Other** 777,236 (14.1%) 2,012,918 (14.1%)
Unknown 316,697 (5.8%) 1,219,578 (8.5%)

| Ethnicity | Active|Overall |

Ethnicity Active (visit in last 18 months) Overall
Hispanic 1,207,794 (21.9%) 2,814,420 (19.7%)
Not Hispanic 3,806,589 (69.2%) 9,536,181 (66.8%)
Other/Unknown 488,480 (8.9%) 1,915,971 (13.4%)


Prevalence of Common Health Conditions
Health Condition N Prevalence per 10,000 patients in database
Appendicitis 98105 69
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 25630 18
Asthma 1279572 897
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia 32702 23
Brain tumor 33117 23
Chronic Granulomatous Disease 450 0
Cystic Fibrosis 13200 9
Duchenne muscular dystrophy 11515 8
Inflammatory bowel disease (Ulcerative Colitis + Crohn’s Disease) 42669 30
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura 2456 2
Leukemia + Lymphoma 44639 31
Lyme Disease 24104 17
Sickle Cell Anemia 20844 15
Seizure Disorder 425370 298
Type 1 Diabetes 80273 56

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