Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Paediatric anaesthesia in France: National data on outpatient procedures, emergency admissions, and critical outcomes in 2023
Study context
- Population
- Children aged 0–17 undergoing anaesthesia in French short-stay healthcare institutions, 2023
- Participants
- 704,796 individual stays
- Exposure
- Public hospitals vs Private hospitals
- Outcome
- Outpatient paediatric anaesthesia stays
- Follow-up
- 2023
Methodological detailsnational PMSI database, nationwide
- National PMSI database
- Nationwide
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Anaesthesia procedures performed
990,296
Outpatient stays, overall
76.2%
Outpatient stays, private hospitals
Over 90%
Stays involving anaesthesia for children occurring in public hospitals
58.8%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Outpatient stays, children under one year (subgroup) · 2023
Stays Public hospitals 20,373 · Private hospitals 1280
Original publication
Paediatric anaesthesia in France: National data on outpatient procedures, emergency admissions, and critical outcomes in 2023. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 29 September 2025. doi:10.
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