Are the costs attributable? [16]

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1463-

  Dominguez, Troy E ^a   Portnoy, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; COST; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE;

CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC;

EID: 33646361053     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1054     Document Type: Letter

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