Hospital costs of pediatric intensive care

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2079-2085

  Chalom, René ^a   Raphaely, Russell C ^a   Costarino Jr , Andrew T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost control; Costs and cost analysis; Critical care; Demography; Hospital charges; Hospital costs; Hospitals; Mortality; Pediatric intensive care units; Pediatric length of stay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHILD; COST ALLOCATION; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHILADELPHIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032729693     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199910000-00001     Document Type: Article

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