Earlier discharge of infants from neonatal intensive care units: A pilot program of specialized case management and home care

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 353-358

  Spinner, Susan S ^a   Girifalco, Renee B ^a   Gibson, Eric ^a   Stavis, Robert L ^a   Greenspan, Jay S ^a   Spitzer, Alan R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEEDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN CARE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031798603     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700604     Document Type: Article

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