Health service use among low-risk newborns after early discharge with and without nurse home visiting

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 254-260

  Braveman, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEONATAL NURSING; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 0030180401     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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