Variation in the use of alternative levels of hospital care for newborns in a managed care organization

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1535-1553

  Roblin, Douglas W ^a   Richardson, Douglas K ^a   Thomas, Edward ^a   Fitzgerald, Fran ^a   Veintimilla, Rafael ^a   Hulac, Peter ^a   Bemis, Gardner ^a   Leon, Larry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Illness severity; Managed care organizations; Neonatal intensive care; Practice variation; Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology (SNAP)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEONATOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034006062     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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