Cost-effectiveness of postnatal home nursing visits for prevention of hospital care for jaundice and dehydration

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1015-1022

  Paul, Ian M ^a   Phillips, Troy A ^a   Widome, Mark D ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Dehydration; Home visit; Jaundice; Newborn; Nurse

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTNATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644372607     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2003-0766-L     Document Type: Review

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