Modeling administrative outcomes in fever and neutropenia: Clinical variables significantly influence length of stay and hospital charges

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-268

  Rosenman, Marc ^a   Madsen, Kristine ^a   Hui, Siu ^a   Breitfeld, Philip P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Charges; Children; Fever; Length of stay; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE FINDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MODEL; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036255545     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200205000-00009     Document Type: Article

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