Socioeconomic variation in discretionary and mandatory hospitalization of infants: An ecologic analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 774-784

  McConnochie, Kenneth M ^a   Roghmann, Klaus J ^a   Liptak, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidable hospitalization; discretionary hospitalization; infants; mandatory hospitalization; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEW YORK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030907029     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.6.774     Document Type: Article

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