Regional variation in child mortality at hospitals lacking a pediatric intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 94-99

  Kanter, Robert K ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Child mortality; Critical care; Evidence based hospital referral; Infant mortality; Intensive care; Interhospital transfer; Regionalization; Utilization; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036157635     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200201000-00015     Document Type: Article

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