Impact of early newborn discharge legislation and early follow-up visits on infant outcomes in a state Medicaid population

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 1619-1627

  Meara, Ellen ^a,b   Kotagal, Uma R ^c,d   Atherton, Harry D ^c   Lieu, Tracy A ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up; Legislation; Length of stay; Medicaid; Newborn

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LAW; MEDICAID; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAID; OHIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2542582402     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.6.1619     Document Type: Article

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