Variation in hospitalizations and hospital length of stay in children with vaso-occlusive crises in sickle cell disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-186

  Panepinto, Julie A ^a,b   Brousseau, David C ^a,b   Hillery, Cheryl A ^a,b,c   Scott, J Paul ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital utilization; Length of stay; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; VASOOCCLUSIVE CRISIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 11144279969     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20180     Document Type: Article

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