Hospital care for children and young adults in the last year of life: A population-based study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Feudtner, Chris ^a,b   DiGiuseppe, David L ^c   Neff, John M ^c  

^a Pediatric Generalist Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN DEATH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERINATAL PERIOD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; AGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 2442469814     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-1-3     Document Type: Article

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