Technology-dependency among patients discharged from a children's hospital: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Feudtner, Chris ^a,b   Villareale, Nanci Larter ^c   Morray, Barbara ^c   Sharp, Virginia ^c   Hays, Ross M ^c,d   Neff, John M ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; JEJUNOSTOMY; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OSTOMY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 26444606406     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-8     Document Type: Review

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