Hospital resource utilization in childhood cancer

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 295-300

  Rosenman, Marc B ^a   Vik, Terry ^a   Hui, Siu L ^a   Breitfeld, Philip P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Child; Hospital utilization; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INDIANA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 21244433187     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000168724.19025.a4     Document Type: Article

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