Availability of pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in the city of São Paulo

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 453-460

  De Souza, Daniela C ^a,c   Troster, Eduardo J ^a   De Carvalho, Werther Brunow ^b   Shin, Shieh H ^a   Cordeiro, Andréa M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c USP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Neonatal intensive care unit; Pediatric intensive care unit; Questionnaires; Services structure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC WARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BED OCCUPANCY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 28744433573     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1258     Document Type: Article

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