Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborns

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1434-1436

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Author keywords

Discharge; Hospital; Newborn

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LAW; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; NEONATOLOGY; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 2342653543     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.5.1434     Document Type: Review

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