Length of stay for common pediatric conditions: Teaching versus nonteaching hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 278-281

  Srivastava, Rajendu ^a   Homer, Charles J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Length of stay; Pediatric conditions; Teaching hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEHYDRATION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASSACHUSETTS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041630763     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.2.278     Document Type: Article

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