Primary care involvement among hospitalized children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 479-486

  Perrin, James M ^a,b   Greenspan, Peter ^a,b   Bloom, Sheila R ^a   Finkelstein, Dianne ^a,c   Yazdgerdi, Susan ^a   Leventhal, John M ^e   Rodewald, Lance ^f   Szilagyi, Peter ^f   Homer, Charles J ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029935449     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170300033007     Document Type: Article

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