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We sought to compare these entities and describe their clinical characteristics, distribution and impact in the USA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a population-based cohort study using the 2016 Kids\u2019 Inpatient Database (KID) to identify and characterise syphilis-associated hospitalisations among paediatric patients (age 0\u201321 years) in the USA during the year of 2016. Length of stay and hospitalisation costs for patients with congenital and acquired syphilis were compared in multivariable models.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1226 hospitalisations with the diagnosis of syphilis were identified. Of these patients, 958 had congenital syphilis and 268 were acquired cases. The mean cost of care for congenital syphilis was $23\u2009644 (SD=1727), while the treatment of a patient with acquired syphilis on average cost $10\u2009749 (SD=1966). Mean length of stay was 8 days greater and mean total costs were $12\u2009895 (US dollars) higher in the congenital syphilis cohort compared with the acquired syphilis cohort. In congenital syphilis, there were greater frequency of cases in the Southern and Western regions of the USA (p&lt;0.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Congenital syphilis was associated with greater healthcare-related expenditure than acquired syphilis in paediatric patients. 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