Lengths of stay and costs associated with children's hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 839-844

  Merenstein, Dan ^a,c   Egleston, Brian ^b   Diener West, Marie ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital performance; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244464972     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1622     Document Type: Article

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